Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa)
Journal Title: Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology - Year 2017, Vol 26, Issue
Abstract
A list of 35 ant species or morphospecies collected in Gambia is presented, 9 of them are recorded for the first time from the country: Camponotus cf. vividus, Crematogaster cf. aegyptiaca, Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri Shuckard, 1840, Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897), Monomorium cf. opacum, Monomorium cf. salomonis, Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904), Technomyrmex pallipes (Smith, 1876), and Trichomyrmex abyssinicus (Forel, 1894). A checklist of 82 ant species recorded from Gambia is given.
Authors and Affiliations
Lech Borowiec, Sebastian Salata
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