First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United States
Pyramica epinotalis is an arboreal dacetine ant previously known only from Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and southern Mexico. Here we report the first records of P. epinotalis for the United States. Collections were made in three parishes across southern Louisiana in cypress-tupelo swamps using float...
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| author | Xuan Chen Joe A. MacGown Benjamin J. Adams Katherine A. Parys Rachel M. Strecker Linda Hooper-Bui |
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| description | Pyramica epinotalis is an arboreal dacetine ant previously known only from Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and southern Mexico. Here we report the first records of P. epinotalis for the United States. Collections were made in three parishes across southern Louisiana in cypress-tupelo swamps using floating pitfall traps placed in floating vegetation and arboreal pitfall traps placed on trunks and limbs of three wetland tree species. One additional specimen of this species was collected in Highlands County, Florida. Based on collections of specimens in Louisiana, including multiple dealate females at different localities, P. epinotalis appears to be well established in this state. We discuss the design and implementation of modified arboreal pitfall traps that were instrumental in this discovery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ad50bf7f6464f94a058b5e09fdb88dd2025-02-03T00:59:17ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74382012-01-01201210.1155/2012/850893850893First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United StatesXuan Chen0Joe A. MacGown1Benjamin J. Adams2Katherine A. Parys3Rachel M. Strecker4Linda Hooper-Bui5Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USAMississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USADepartment of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USADepartment of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USADepartment of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USADepartment of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USAPyramica epinotalis is an arboreal dacetine ant previously known only from Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and southern Mexico. Here we report the first records of P. epinotalis for the United States. Collections were made in three parishes across southern Louisiana in cypress-tupelo swamps using floating pitfall traps placed in floating vegetation and arboreal pitfall traps placed on trunks and limbs of three wetland tree species. One additional specimen of this species was collected in Highlands County, Florida. Based on collections of specimens in Louisiana, including multiple dealate females at different localities, P. epinotalis appears to be well established in this state. We discuss the design and implementation of modified arboreal pitfall traps that were instrumental in this discovery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/850893 |
| spellingShingle | Xuan Chen Joe A. MacGown Benjamin J. Adams Katherine A. Parys Rachel M. Strecker Linda Hooper-Bui First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United States Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United States |
| title_full | First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United States |
| title_fullStr | First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United States |
| title_short | First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United States |
| title_sort | first record of pyramica epinotalis hymenoptera formicidae for the united states |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/850893 |
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