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Issue: Vol. 8 No. 1: 24 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-24
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2
Page range: 6-29
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Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem

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BRIAN TAYLOR

Fellow Royal Society of Biology, Fellow Royal Entomological Society
Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Abomey Calavi, FSA, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Agriculture de Kétou, Kétou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Abomey Calavi, FSA, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Abomey Calavi, FSA, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Abomey Calavi, FSA, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Abomey Calavi, FSA, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Abomey Calavi, FSA, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Abomey Calavi, FSA, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
CRGB, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
Université d’Abomey Calavi, FSA, Cotonou, Rép. du Bénin
CIRAD Persyst, UPR HortSys, 34398, Montpellier, HortSys, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
Ants Formicidae Benin Mangifera indica

Abstract

The historic records of ants from Benin enumerate only 22 species. Our collections, with a primary focus on the mango farm ecosystem, Mangifera indica, have brought this total to 133 species of which only six were recorded before. The Benin specimens for all but six species have been checked against type images on Antweb.org. Twenty species have been recognised as distinct and raised to species status, with explanatory notes. Four species appear to be new but will be described elsewhere.

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