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Distribution and Diversity of the Cryptic Ant Genus Oxyepoecus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Paraguay with Descriptions of Two New Species [PDF]

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012
We discuss the diversity and distribution of the ant genus Oxyepoecus in Paraguay. Oxyepoecus inquilinus is recorded for the first time, and new distribution data are given for O. rastratus and O. vezenyii. Published data for O. bruchi, O.
T. Delsinne, W. Mackay, A. Wild, Y. Roisin, M. Leponce   +4 more
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Soil and leaf litter ants from the Amazon Region offer new distribution records for Colombia [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
The Colombian Amazon is a region of remarkable biodiversity; however, several biological groups and their microhabitats remain poorly explored. Recent studies on soil ant diversity have provided new records and insights into their biology.
Brandon S. Arredondo, Yennifer Carreño-Guevara, Yenifer Gutierrez-Villanueva, Ervin Humprey Duran-Bautista, Jean Gamboa-Tabares, Roberto J. Guerrero   +5 more
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A new ant species of Oxyepoecus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of Oxyepoecus browni gyne and new records for the genus [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2012
We describe a new species of Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926, Oxyepoecus regularis sp. nov., based on workers and a gyne collected in "Caatinga Arbórea" (Arboreal Shrubland) in Milagres and "Mata Seca" (Dry Forest) in Boa Vista do Tupim, both in the state of ...
Mônica A. Ulysséa, Carlos R.F. Brandão   +1 more
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First record of the ant genus Oxyepoecus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) in Chile, with remarks on its geographical range Primer registro del género de hormigas mirmicinas Oxyepoecus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) para Chile con consideraciones sobre la amplitud de su distribución

Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2007
The ant genus Oxyepoecus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) Santschi, 1926 has 16 species recognized as valid. Three of these species: O. inquilinus (Kusnezov, 1952), O. bruchi Santschi, 1926 and O.
Fabiana Cuezzo
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First record of the ant genus Oxyepoecus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) in Chile, with remarks on its geographical range

Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2007
El género de hormigas Oxyepoecus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) Santschi, 1926, está compuesto por 16 especies reconocidas como válidas. Tres de estas especies, O. inquilinus, O. bruchi y O.
Fabiana CUEZZO
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Oxyepoecus vezenyii [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), 2007
Published as part of Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp.
Albuquerque, N. L. de, Brandão, C. R. F.   +1 more
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Oxyepoecus rastratus [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2007
rastratus (Mayr 1887). Canindeyú (ALWC, INBP, LACM).
Albuquerque, N. L. de, Brandão, C. R. F.   +1 more
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A revision of the Neotropical Solenopsidini ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): 2. Final. Key for species and revision of the Rastratus species-group

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2009
In the first paper of this series (Albuquerque & Brandão, 2004) we revised the Vezenyii species group of the exclusively Neotropical solenopsidine (Myrmicinae) ant genus Oxyepoecus. In this closing paper we update distribution information on the Vezenyii
Nicolas Lavour de Albuquerque, Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão   +1 more
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A revision of the Neotropical Solenopsidini ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). 1. The Vezenyii species-group

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2004
We revise the exclusively Neotropical solenopsidine ant genus Oxyepoecus, starting here with the Vezenyii species-group. We describe five new species (O. browni, O. ephippiatus, O. longicephalus, O. kempfi, and O. quadratus), present new locality records
Nicolas Lavor de Albuquerque, Carlos Roberto F. Brandão   +1 more
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Associations of Two Ecologically Significant Social Insect Taxa in the Litter of an Amazonian Rainforest: Is There a Relationship between Ant and Termite Species Richness?

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
In spite of the ecological dominance of Neotropical ants and termites, little is understood about how their interactions influence their species richness and distribution. We surveyed ground‐dwelling termite and ant species in a primary rainforest in Ecuador and analyzed ecological correlates of diversity.
Amy L. Mertl, James F. A. Traniello, Kari Ryder Wilkie, Reginaldo Constantino, David E. Bignell   +4 more
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