MOROCCAN CAMPONOTUS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICI DAE) - KEY AND CATALOG OF SPECIES

Authors
CAGNIANT H
Citation
H. Cagniant, MOROCCAN CAMPONOTUS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICI DAE) - KEY AND CATALOG OF SPECIES, Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 32(1), 1996, pp. 87-100
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annales de la Societe entomologique de France → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379271
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
87 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9271(1996)32:1<87:MC(FD->2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
In Morocco, the ant genus Calmponotus totals 23 taxa : C. vagus, C. ge stroi, C. fallax, C. ruber, C. spissinodis, C. lateralis, C. truncatus , C. micans, C. mozabensis, C. hoelldobleri, C. pexus, C. obscuriventr is, C. cruentatus, C. (supersp. foreli), C. atlantis, C. alii, C. laur enti, C. seurati, C. serotinus, C. pupillus, C. erigens, C. thoracicus and C. carinatus. Further studies in C. (supersp. foreli) may allow t o distinguish several prospecies. A key is presented as also a survey of geographical distribution, populations and biotopes. Only five spec ies are strict Moroccan endemic but fourteen species are Maghreb endem ic.