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Analysis of the local ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Southern Vietnam

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The ant fauna of Nam Cat Tien in the southern part of the Cat Tien Biosphere Reserve (Dong Nai Prov., Southern Vietnam) was studied in 2007–2008. The zonal type of vegetation under study is closed deciduous tropical forests dominated by Lagerstroemia spp. in association with Dipterocarpaceae and Fabaceae. The local ant fauna comprises 272 species from 68 genera and 12 subfamilies. The maximum number of species was found in the genera Polyrhachis (31), Camponotus (21), Pheidole (21), Leptogenys (17), and Crematogaster (13). Seven ant genera (Echinopla F. Sm., Indomyrma Brown, Liomyrmex Mayr, Paratopula Wheeler, Proatta For., Protanilla Taylor, and Rotastruma Bolton) are reported from Vietnam for the first time. The ecological pattern of the ant fauna in the main forest biotopes of the study area is considered. In the dipterocarp forests in the central part of the reserve, the complex of stratobiont species was the most diverse. In the bamboo forests, the stratobiont complex is less diverse but the fraction of dendrobionts is greater. The forests with similar layer structure occurring on sand and loamy soils were shown to differ in the species composition of ant assemblages. Repeated population inventories of ants were carried out in 8 model plots of 100 m2 each during the dry and rainy season. The specificity of revealing species of different biomorphs is discussed in the seasonal aspect. The structure of the ant fauna of Nam Cat Tien is compared to that in other territories of the Oriental Region. The zoogeographic unity of the study area and some localities of the Indo-Malayan Subregion (Borneo, Java) is demonstrated.

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Zryanin, 2010, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, Vol. 89, No. 12, pp. 1477–1490.

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Zryanin, V.A. Analysis of the local ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Southern Vietnam. Entmol. Rev. 91, 198–211 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873811020084

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