Faunistic analysis of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in degraded ecosystems of Chapecó town, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Seeking to investigate the ant fauna in degraded environments and to comprehend how this group behaves in such ecosystems, faunistic analysis was initially conducted with the ants collected in an area in Chapecó town that had been subjected to flooding in function of the construction of the mouth of...
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| author | Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia Junir Antonio Lutinski |
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| description | Seeking to investigate the ant fauna in degraded environments and to comprehend how this group behaves in such ecosystems, faunistic analysis was initially conducted with the ants collected in an area in Chapecó town that had been subjected to flooding in function of the construction of the mouth of a dam on the Chapecó River (a branch of the larger Uruguay River). The collections were carried out between October 2001 and September 2002. We used pit-fall traps, sweeping nets, entomologic umbrellas and leaf litter collections for fragments covered by bushes and grass. The fauna was characterized through the constancy and dominancy indexes. A number of 34.642 specimens of ants, belonging to 32 species, 19 genera and six subfamilies, were collected. The species Labidus sp., Atta sp. and Ectatomma edentatum stood out as being either accessory or both constant and dominant. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-913b280cb9314704bdbf1af4b67b8ded2022-12-22T03:07:27ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBiotemas0103-16432005-11-011827386Faunistic analysis of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in degraded ecosystems of Chapecó town, Santa Catarina, BrazilFlávio Roberto Mello GarciaJunir Antonio LutinskiSeeking to investigate the ant fauna in degraded environments and to comprehend how this group behaves in such ecosystems, faunistic analysis was initially conducted with the ants collected in an area in Chapecó town that had been subjected to flooding in function of the construction of the mouth of a dam on the Chapecó River (a branch of the larger Uruguay River). The collections were carried out between October 2001 and September 2002. We used pit-fall traps, sweeping nets, entomologic umbrellas and leaf litter collections for fragments covered by bushes and grass. The fauna was characterized through the constancy and dominancy indexes. A number of 34.642 specimens of ants, belonging to 32 species, 19 genera and six subfamilies, were collected. The species Labidus sp., Atta sp. and Ectatomma edentatum stood out as being either accessory or both constant and dominant.http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume182/p73a86.pdfbioindicatorsecologyfauna of Santa Catarina Statediversityenvironmental diagnosis |
| spellingShingle | Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia Junir Antonio Lutinski Faunistic analysis of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in degraded ecosystems of Chapecó town, Santa Catarina, Brazil Biotemas bioindicators ecology fauna of Santa Catarina State diversity environmental diagnosis |
| title | Faunistic analysis of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in degraded ecosystems of Chapecó town, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| title_full | Faunistic analysis of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in degraded ecosystems of Chapecó town, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Faunistic analysis of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in degraded ecosystems of Chapecó town, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Faunistic analysis of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in degraded ecosystems of Chapecó town, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| title_short | Faunistic analysis of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in degraded ecosystems of Chapecó town, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| title_sort | faunistic analysis of formicidae hymenoptera apocrita in degraded ecosystems of chapeco town santa catarina brazil |
| topic | bioindicators ecology fauna of Santa Catarina State diversity environmental diagnosis |
| url | http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume182/p73a86.pdf |
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