identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03947822FF92A447FC9BF8BB318AF9F2.text	03947822FF92A447FC9BF8BB318AF9F2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camponotus dalmasi Forel 1899	<div><p>Camponotus dalmasi Forel, 1899 (Fig. 4)</p><p>Identification: Belongs to theMyrmocladoecus subgenus, recognizable by its small propodeal spines. It can be confused with C. bidens and C. bispinosus, but both lack the conspicuous, hump-like elevation on the dorsopropodeum exhibited by C. dalmasi . Additionally, the pilosity on the dorsum of the gaster in C. dalmasi is less abundant than the other two species (MacKay and MacKay, 2019).</p>LocalitiesSubfamilyNo.SpeciesChIBICIP ISMjNPPt Dolichoderinae1 Azteca sp1 . xxxx2 Tapinoma melanocephalumx3 Tapinoma ramulorum inrectum x Formicinae4 Brachymyrmex australisx5 Brachymyrmex pictus x6 Camponotus dalmasix7 Camponotus excisusx8 Camponotus femoratusx9 Camponotus musxxxxxx10 Camponotus senexx11Nylanderia sp1.x12 Paratrechina longicornisx Myrmicinae13 Cephalotes porrasi x14 Crematogaster amplaxx15 Crematogaster carinatax16 Crematogaster crinosaxxxxx17 Crematogaster curvispinosaxx18 Crematogaster limatax19 Crematogaster rochai xxxx20 Crematogaster torosaxx21 Monomorium floricolaxx22Nesomyrmex echinatinodisx23 Pheidole sp1 . x24 Solenopsis sp1 . xx25 Tetramorium bicarinatumx Ponerinae26 Hypoponera opaciorx27 Odontomachus bauri x Pseudomyrmecinae28 Pseudomyrmex elongatus xxxxxx29 Pseudomyrmex filiformis xx30 Pseudomyrmex gracilisx31 Pseudomyrmex simplex xxx<p>Localities: Ch=Churute, IB= Isla Bellavista, IC=Isla Corazón, IP= Isla Puná, IS= Isla Santay, Mj= Majagual, NP= Nuevo Porvenir and Pt= Pitahaya.</p><p>Comments: The type series was collected in Colombia (Kempf, 1972) and the species has also previously been reported from Venezuela (MacKay and MacKay, 2019). This study presents the first report of this species in Ecuador and the western coast of South America, extending its distribution more than 1000 km of the southernmost known record. Previously, this species has been collected within termite nests alongside Crematogaster workers, in forested areas, urban areas, and among leaf litter (MacKay and MacKay, 2019).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03947822FF92A447FC9BF8BB318AF9F2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barreno, Marissa;López, Myriam Arias de;Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex;Molina-Moreira, Natalia	Barreno, Marissa, López, Myriam Arias de, Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex, Molina-Moreira, Natalia (2025): A first overview of ant diversity in mangroves along the Ecuadorian coast. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240062) 69 (1): 1-16, DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0062, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2024-0062
03947822FF95A447FFCBF9613450FADB.text	03947822FF95A447FFCBF9613450FADB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Crematogaster ampla Forel. In 1912	<div><p>Crematogaster ampla Forel, 1912 (Fig. 5)</p><p>Identification: C. ampla differs from C. crinosa, C. rochai, and C. torosa in that those three lack longitudinal striation on both sides of the propodeum and the anterior part of its face (Pedraza and Fernández, 2019). Additionally, C. ampla has a smooth and shiny subtriangular impression on the fourth abdominal tergite, contrasting with the surrounding sculpture (Longino, 2003).</p><p>Comments: Highly territorial, inhabiting low vegetation (Powell et al., 2014). Found from Panama to southern Brazil (AntWeb, 2023). This is the first record of this species in Ecuador, 700 km away from the nearest previous report. Cases of social parasitism by Cephalotes specularis have been documented, as it follows the pheromone trail left by C. ampla workers to take over their food source (Brandão et al., 2014).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03947822FF95A447FFCBF9613450FADB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barreno, Marissa;López, Myriam Arias de;Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex;Molina-Moreira, Natalia	Barreno, Marissa, López, Myriam Arias de, Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex, Molina-Moreira, Natalia (2025): A first overview of ant diversity in mangroves along the Ecuadorian coast. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240062) 69 (1): 1-16, DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0062, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2024-0062
03947822FF95A446FC85F8DF3233FAF0.text	03947822FF95A446FC85F8DF3233FAF0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802)	<div><p>Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802) (Fig. 7)</p><p>Identification: The only species of the genus found outside the Afrotropical region (Fernández and Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019); similar looking to Nylanderia, but P. longicornis lacks erect hairs on the scape being what distinguish it to this genus.</p><p>Comments: It is one of the most successful exotic species, but its origin is hypothesized to be in Southeast Asia (Wetterer, 2008). In Ecuador, it has been reported from the humid forests of the northwestern foothills (Ramón et al., 2013), inter-Andean valleys of the southern Andes (Salazar et al., 2015), and multiple islands of the Galápagos Archipelago (Herrera et al., 2024).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03947822FF95A446FC85F8DF3233FAF0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barreno, Marissa;López, Myriam Arias de;Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex;Molina-Moreira, Natalia	Barreno, Marissa, López, Myriam Arias de, Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex, Molina-Moreira, Natalia (2025): A first overview of ant diversity in mangroves along the Ecuadorian coast. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240062) 69 (1): 1-16, DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0062, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2024-0062
03947822FF94A446FFE9FA623111F887.text	03947822FF94A446FFE9FA623111F887.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius 1793)	<div><p>Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) (Fig. 8)</p><p>Identification: Characterized by its coloration pattern, with the head and mesosoma ranging from brown to light brown, and having a pale gaster. At first glance, it can be confused with T. atriceps, which has a brown or dark brown head and gaster, but T. melanocephalum has its third and fourth maxillary palpomeres widened in a spatula shape (Guerrero, 2018).</p><p>Comments: Tapinoma melanocephalum is an exotic species with a cosmopolitan distribution, believed to be native to the Indo-Pacific region, now common in anthropogenic areas where it nests within buildings and house gardens (Wetterer, 2009c; Luo and Chang, 2013). In Ecuador, it has been reported in the tropical forests of Yasuní National Park, the Andes, dry forests in the southern coast, and the Chocó (Lattke et al., 2016; Donoso et al., 2017; Salazar-Basurto et al., 2023).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03947822FF94A446FFE9FA623111F887	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barreno, Marissa;López, Myriam Arias de;Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex;Molina-Moreira, Natalia	Barreno, Marissa, López, Myriam Arias de, Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex, Molina-Moreira, Natalia (2025): A first overview of ant diversity in mangroves along the Ecuadorian coast. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240062) 69 (1): 1-16, DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0062, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2024-0062
03947822FF94A446FFE9F89B3463F997.text	03947822FF94A446FFE9F89B3463F997.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander 1846)	<div><p>Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) (Fig. 9)</p><p>Identification: Tetramorium bicarinatum differs from other species in the same genus by its dense and long pilosity on the dorsum of the promesonotum. Its petiolar node is square-shaped when viewed laterally. It can be confused with Tetramorium lanuginosum, but the shape of the mesosoma in lateral view of T. bicarinatum resembles a straight line, whereas in T. lanuginosum the mesosoma has a convex shape (Serna and Fernández, 2019).</p><p>Comment: It is a cosmopolitan invasive species, likely native to Southeast Asia (Agavekar et al., 2017). In Ecuador, it has been recorded in disturbed and natural environments, in the western foothills of the northern Andes, tropical rainforest of the Amazon lowlands (Donoso et al., 2017), the Galápagos archipelago (Herrera et al., 2024), and in the city of Quito (Salazar-Basurto et al., 2023). It can pose a problem in agriculture, as it has a mutualistic relationship with honeydew-producing hemipterans (Wetterer, 2009b).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03947822FF94A446FFE9F89B3463F997	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barreno, Marissa;López, Myriam Arias de;Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex;Molina-Moreira, Natalia	Barreno, Marissa, López, Myriam Arias de, Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex, Molina-Moreira, Natalia (2025): A first overview of ant diversity in mangroves along the Ecuadorian coast. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240062) 69 (1): 1-16, DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0062, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2024-0062
