Expect the unexpected: a new ant from a backyard in Utah
Expect the unexpected: a new ant from a backyard in Utah
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DOI：
10.3398/064.079.0403
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
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0.6
通讯作者：
Booher, Douglas B.
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作者：
Longino, John T.;Booher, Douglas B.
城市中心不是人们期望发现新物种的地方。然而，我们在这里报告一个新认识的蚂蚁，Strumigenys ananeotes sp. nov.，在美国犹他州盐湖湖城的一个城市院子里。瘤蚁属是一种主要分布在潮湿热带和亚热带的落叶蚁。它们在北美西部极为罕见，只在湖城以南和以西数百公里的地方发现。新物种与亚利桑那州南部的物种有关，被认为是本地物种。我们建议，它通常仅限于潮湿，地下微生境，否则干旱地区，但人类活动创造了一个城市森林与夏季条件类似东部落叶林。现在，Ananeotes的栖息地和知名度可能大大扩大，这是一个本地物种受益于人类发展而不是被取代的案例。
Urban centers are not where one expects to find new species. Yet, we report here a newly recognized ant, Strumigenys ananeotes sp. nov., in an urban yard in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. The genus Strumigenys is a major radiation of litter ants that are found primarily in the wet tropics and subtropics. They are extremely rare in western North America, known only from sites hundreds of kilometers south and west of Salt Lake City. The new species is related to species from southern Arizona and is presumed native. We propose that it is normally restricted to moist, subterranean microhabitats in an otherwise arid region, but that anthropogenic activity has created an urban forest with summer conditions similar to eastern deciduous forest. Strumigenys ananeotes may now have a greatly expanded habitat and visibility, a case of a native species benefiting from human development rather than being displaced.