Formicidae (Himenoptera) from the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico

Authors

  • Juana María Coronado-Blanco Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Centro Universitario Victoria “Adolfo López Mateos”, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. C. P. 87149.
  • Enrique Ruíz-Cancino Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Centro Universitario Victoria “Adolfo López Mateos”, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. C. P. 87149.
  • Karla Yolanda Flores-Maldonado Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Centro Universitario Victoria “Adolfo López Mateos”, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. C. P. 87149.
  • Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias (CUCBA), Centro de Estudios en Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara, Carretera Guadalajara-Nogales Km. 15.5, Las Agujas, Zapopan, Jalisco, México. C. P. 45100.
  • Dmitry A. Dubovikoff Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University; 7/9 Universitetskaya nab. San Petersburgo, Rusia. C. P. 199034
  • Jorge Victor Horta-Vega Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Victoria, Boulevard Emilio Portes Gil 130, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. C. P. 87010.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29059/cienciauat.v7i2.13

Keywords:

ants, biodiversity, hymenopte­rans.

Abstract

Ants are insects participating in many of the terrestrial food chains; some species are pests, others are natural enemies of diverse arthropods. The objective of this article was to inform about the genera and species of ants that occurrs in the Insects Museum of the Facultad de Agronomía [today Facultad de In­geniería y Ciencias (FIC)] of the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (MIFA-UAT) and the records to the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Material of Formicidae in MIFA was determi­ned taxonomically and it was compiled information about Formicidae in different collec­tions and publications in Mexico, it was found than in the State of Tamaulipas, ants have been collected for more than two decades and than this family is represented by nine subfamilies, 53 genera and 155 species, and in MIFA-UAT by eigth subfamilies, 35 genera and 60 species. Genera with more diversity are Pheidole (20 species), Pseudomyrmex (12), Neivamyrmex (11), Camponotus (10) and Crematogaster (8). MIFA-UAT contains almost 70% of genera recorded in Tamaulipas.

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Published

2013-06-30

How to Cite

Coronado-Blanco, J. M., Ruíz-Cancino, E., Flores-Maldonado, K. Y., Vásquez-Bolaños, M., A. Dubovikoff, D., & Horta-Vega, J. V. (2013). Formicidae (Himenoptera) from the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. CienciaUAT, 7(2), 12-17. https://doi.org/10.29059/cienciauat.v7i2.13

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2: January-June 2013

Section

Biology and Chemistry

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