Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) present in CUCBA, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

Abstract

The environments disturbed by human represent an opportunity for some species, especially for the introduced and invasive species, such is the case of ants. To know the number of species of ants at the University Center for Biological and Agricultural Sciences in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, it was collected directly between 2011 and 2020, the material is deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Center for Studies in Zoology of the University of Guadalajara. A list of the collected species was prepared. For the CUCBA area, 39 species, 22 genera and six subfamilies of ants were found. There are nine introduced species: Anoplolepis gracilipes, Cardiocondyla minutior, Paratrechina longicornis and Tapinoma melanocephalum from Asia; Cardiocondyla emeryi, Hypoponera punctatissima, Monomorium pharaonis and Tetramorium simillimum from Africa; Linepithema humile, from South America. In fragmented areas, also called ecotone or edge, is posible find a high