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ONHC 2018 of Ohio Feb 24 2018

Poster · March 2018 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33148.44162

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1, 2, 8, 9, Introduction 10, 15, 16, 3, 6, 7, 18, 19, 21 In 2005, Coovert summarized all previously known information and published the first 8, 14 21 • 15 comprehensive list of the ants of Ohio • In the following thirteen years, a considerable amount of information has become available 16 as a result of survey work, as well as recent taxonomic descriptions and revisions Huron-Erie Lake 5, 14, 16 • Here I update Ohio’s list to accommodate 23 additional species, and 32 name changes in Plains 15, 16 species already on the list Glaciated Allegheny • The new additions are based on published accounts (13 species), museum databases (3 5 Plateau species), and newly collected material (7 species), (Table 1, Figs. 1 and 2) Till Plains • Two species, previously on the list, have been removed as a result of taxonomic changes Allegheny Plateau ( nitidiventris Emery), or because the records are likely based on misidentifications (Dorymyrmex insanus (Buckley)) 5

Species Accounts 5, 18 20 1, 8 Table 1. New additions to Ohio’s list. Distribution is given at the county level with source of materials in parenthesis. Species are arranged alphabetically by subfamily, genus and species. 5 22 4 Species Locality (source) 5, 14, 1, 5 DOILICHODERINAE 15, 16 1. Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) Butler, Cuyahoga, and Franklin Cos. (Ivanov 2016) 5, 11, 12 2. Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus) Cuyahoga Co. (MCZENT567833) 3. Formica fusca Linnaeus Lucas Co. (Uno et al. 2010) 5, 13, 4. Formica biophilica Trager Morgan Co. (new data) Bluegrass 23 5. Formica incerta Buren Adams, Butler, Champaign, Delaware, Hamilton, Hocking, Jackson, and Region Montgomery Cos. (Trager et al. 2007); Ashland Co. (MCZENT672736, 672737); 5, 17 Summit Co. (new data) 6. Formica gynocrates Snelling and Buren Lucas Co. (Friedrich 2010)

7. Nylanderia arenivaga (Wheeler) Lucas Co. (S. Philpott unpubl.) 8. Nylanderia flavipes (Smith) Cuyahoga, Franklin, and Lake Cos. (Ivanov and Milligan 2008; Ivanov et al. 2011; Figure 2. Physiographic map of Ohio showing county level locations of Ohio’s new records (numbers Ivanov 2016); Lucas Co. (Uno et al. 2010) correspond to the species numbers used in the text). 9. Nylanderia terricola (Buckley) Cuyahoga Co. (new data) 10. Nylanderia vividula (Nylander) Franklin Co. (Kallal and LaPolla 2012); Cuyahoga Co. (new data) 11. Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) Hamilton Co. (Hedges 1998) Summary 12. Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler Hamilton Co. (Ivanov 2016) 13. Harpagoxenus canadensis Smith Jackson Co. (FMNHINS113834) • 140 species from 34 genera, and 7 subfamilies now are reliably 14. AF-eva Hocking, Lucas, and Summit Cos. (new data) reported from Ohio (Fig. 3) representing most of the North American 15. Myrmica AF-scu Cuyahoga, Geauga, Hocking, and Summit Cos. (new data) groups, with the exceptions of the more tropical Ectatomminae and 16. Myrmica AF-smi Cuyahoga and Medina Cos. (Ivanov and Keiper 2009, 2010, 2011; Ivanov et al. 2010); Erie, Hocking, and Summit Cos. (new data) Pseudomyrmicinae 17. Myrmica incompleta Provancher Adams Co. (Weber 1950) • More than 50 additional species have been reported from neighboring 18. Myrmica lobifrons Pergande Cuyahoga and Champaign Cos. (new data) regions and are thus likely to be encountered in the state 19. Myrmica semiparasitica Francoeur Cuyahoga Co. (Francoeur and Ivanov 2008; Ivanov and Keiper 2009, 2011; Ivanov et al. 2010) • An updated checklist of Ohio’s species is available as a supplement 20. diecki Emery Licking Co. (MCZENT540382, 540383) 21. Strumigenys hyalina (Bolton) Ottawa Co. (Bolton 2000); Cuyahoga Co. (new data) 22. Strumigenys laevinasis Smith Greene Co. (new data) 70 (15) PROCERATIINAE 23. Proceratium crassicorne Emery Southcentral Ohio (Wesson and Wesson 1940) 60 (9)

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10 (5) (1) (1) (2) (1) 0 Figure 1. General habitus of the new additions to Ohio’s ant fauna (Copyright © AntWeb, BoldSystems, and K. Ivanov) – T. melanocephalum (1); C. herculeanus (2); F. fusca (3); F. biophilica (4); F. incerta (5); F. gynocrates (6); N. arenivaga (7); N. flavipes (8); N. terricola (9); N. vividula (10); P. longicornis (11); C. obscurior (12); H. canadensis (13); M. AF-eva (14); M. AF- scu (15); M. AF-smi (16); M. incompleta (17); M. lobifrons (18); M. semiparasitica (19); S. diecki (20); S. hyalina (21); S. laevinasis (22); P. crassicorne (23). Figure 3. Generic and species diversity of Ohio’s ant fauna. Numbers in parentheses represent number of genera within a subfamily.

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