Ivanov Kaloyan, Hightower Liberty, Dash Shawn T, Keiper Joe B
Department of Recent Invertebrates, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA, USA.
Zootaxa. 2019 Feb 11;4554(2):532-560. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.2.8.
Due to Virginia's geographic location, topographic variability, and diversity of physiographic provinces, the state ranks as one of the most biodiverse areas in the US. Virginia's myrmecofauna, however, has been insufficiently studied and is not well known. Here we present the first comprehensive list of the ants of Virginia and provide county-level distributions for all taxa. With taxonomic updates taken into account, review of published records revealed that 130 species have been reported from the state. We add another 34 species based on newly collected materials, review of museum and personal collections, and online databases. At present, 164 species and morphospecies, including 15 ant exotics, are known to occur in the state. Another 12 species are provisionally excluded from the list as they represent distribution anomalies, or are based on erroneous records. The work presented here is an initial step towards a more complete treatment of the identification, taxonomy, and natural history of the ant fauna of Virginia.
由于弗吉尼亚州的地理位置、地形变化以及自然地理区域的多样性，该州被列为美国生物多样性最丰富的地区之一。然而，弗吉尼亚州的蚁类区系尚未得到充分研究，人们对其了解也不多。在此，我们列出了弗吉尼亚州蚂蚁的第一份完整清单，并提供了所有分类单元的县级分布情况。考虑到分类学的更新，对已发表记录的审查表明，该州已报告有130种蚂蚁。基于新收集的材料、对博物馆和个人收藏以及在线数据库的审查，我们又增加了34种。目前，已知该州有164种蚂蚁和形态种，其中包括15种外来蚂蚁。另外12种由于代表分布异常或基于错误记录而被暂时排除在清单之外。本文所做的工作是朝着更全面地研究弗吉尼亚州蚂蚁区系的鉴定、分类学和自然史迈出的第一步。
