Diversity and Community Structure of Ants in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico

Milan Janda; Madai Rosas-Mejía; Pablo Corcuera; Mario Josué Aguilar-Méndez; Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños; Yuliza Tafoya-Alvarado

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11262-2_10

Diversity and Community Structure of Ants in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico

Milan Janda, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Pablo Corcuera, Mario Josué Aguilar-Méndez, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Yuliza Tafoya-Alvarado

Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería, Campus Guanajuato (UPIIG)

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Abstract

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are one of the most conspicuous invertebrates in the arid and semiarid ecosystems. Thanks to their diverse life strategies and high abundance, they take part in many interactions with other plants and animals and can considerably alter the local ecosystem. Here, we surveyed the ant assemblage of Churince in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) for the first time. We describe species diversity, community structure and habitat associations along an environmental gradient between the grasslands and gypsum dunes. The ant fauna in the CCB is typical of semi-desert areas, with several species shared with arid areas of Arizona and Texas. The ant communities are dominated by species from the genera Crematogaster, Myrmecocystus, Pogonomyrmex and Forelius. The unique environmental settings of the CCB allow the coexistence of several distinct ant communities in a relatively small area.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Animal Diversity and Biogeography of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin
Editors	Fernando Álvarez, Margarita Ojeda
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	129-145
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-11262-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11262-2_10
State	Published - 2019

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Janda, M., Rosas-Mejía, M., Corcuera, P., Aguilar-Méndez, M. J., Vásquez-Bolaños, M., & Tafoya-Alvarado, Y. (2019). Diversity and Community Structure of Ants in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. In F. Álvarez, & M. Ojeda (Eds.), Animal Diversity and Biogeography of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (pp. 129-145). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11262-2_10

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Janda M, Rosas-Mejía M, Corcuera P, Aguilar-Méndez MJ, Vásquez-Bolaños M, Tafoya-Alvarado Y. Diversity and Community Structure of Ants in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. In Álvarez F, Ojeda M, editors, Animal Diversity and Biogeography of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2019. p. 129-145 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-11262-2_10