Acromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Species distribution patterns in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Attini, mainly the genera Atta Fabricius and Acromyrmex Mayr, are called leaf-cutting ants. Acromyrmex has scarce records referring to the geographical distribution of its species in Buenos Aires province. The objective of the present work was to gather existing information, to update these data...

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Publicado: 2017
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Formicids
Geographical distribution
Leaf-cutter ants
Myrmicines
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15145158_v19_n2_p185_CulebraMason
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_15145158_v19_n2_p185_CulebraMason
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spelling paper:paper_15145158_v19_n2_p185_CulebraMason2023-06-08T16:18:36Z Acromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Species distribution patterns in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina Formicids Geographical distribution Leaf-cutter ants Myrmicines The Attini, mainly the genera Atta Fabricius and Acromyrmex Mayr, are called leaf-cutting ants. Acromyrmex has scarce records referring to the geographical distribution of its species in Buenos Aires province. The objective of the present work was to gather existing information, to update these data with our own investigation, and to apply different criteria to establish relations with the use of the land. Of the total records for the province, 87 localities of 56 provincial districts were counted. To perform a hierarchical classification of similarities in the distribution patterns of the species, binary data matrices were constructed, analyzed by the weighted average method, calculating squared euclidean distances. The cophenetic indexes obtained were 0.883 for the geographical subregions, 0.943 for the municipal conglomerates and 0.877 for the agricultural areas. Eleven species of ants of the genus Acromyrmex are present in the province of Buenos Aires: A. ambiguus, A. fracticornis, A. heyeri, A. hispidus, A. hystrix, A. landolti, A. lobicornis, A. lundii, A. rugosus, A. silvestrii and A. striatus. The genus Acromyrmex is characterized by nesting in the soil, whereby anthropic practices for productive, industrial and urban purposes directly affect its pattern of occurrence. © 2017 Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia. 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15145158_v19_n2_p185_CulebraMason http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_15145158_v19_n2_p185_CulebraMason
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
institution_str I-28
repository_str R-134
collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic Formicids
Geographical distribution
Leaf-cutter ants
Myrmicines
spellingShingle Formicids
Geographical distribution
Leaf-cutter ants
Myrmicines
Acromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Species distribution patterns in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
topic_facet Formicids
Geographical distribution
Leaf-cutter ants
Myrmicines
description The Attini, mainly the genera Atta Fabricius and Acromyrmex Mayr, are called leaf-cutting ants. Acromyrmex has scarce records referring to the geographical distribution of its species in Buenos Aires province. The objective of the present work was to gather existing information, to update these data with our own investigation, and to apply different criteria to establish relations with the use of the land. Of the total records for the province, 87 localities of 56 provincial districts were counted. To perform a hierarchical classification of similarities in the distribution patterns of the species, binary data matrices were constructed, analyzed by the weighted average method, calculating squared euclidean distances. The cophenetic indexes obtained were 0.883 for the geographical subregions, 0.943 for the municipal conglomerates and 0.877 for the agricultural areas. Eleven species of ants of the genus Acromyrmex are present in the province of Buenos Aires: A. ambiguus, A. fracticornis, A. heyeri, A. hispidus, A. hystrix, A. landolti, A. lobicornis, A. lundii, A. rugosus, A. silvestrii and A. striatus. The genus Acromyrmex is characterized by nesting in the soil, whereby anthropic practices for productive, industrial and urban purposes directly affect its pattern of occurrence. © 2017 Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia.
title Acromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Species distribution patterns in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_short Acromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Species distribution patterns in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full Acromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Species distribution patterns in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_fullStr Acromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Species distribution patterns in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Acromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Species distribution patterns in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_sort acromyrmex mayr (hymenoptera: formicidae: myrmicinae): species distribution patterns in the province of buenos aires, argentina
publishDate 2017
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15145158_v19_n2_p185_CulebraMason
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_15145158_v19_n2_p185_CulebraMason
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