Check List 13(2): e19673, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2071
The Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oklahoma: new species records and distributional notes
expand article infoKarl A. Roeder‡, Diane V. Roeder§
‡ University of Oklahoma, United States of America§ Cameron University, United States of America

Corresponding author: Karl Roeder ( karoeder@ou.edu )

© 2017 Karl Roeder, Diane Roeder.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation: Roeder K, Roeder D (2017) The Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oklahoma: new species records and distributional notes. Check List 13(2): 2071. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2071
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Abstract
Big-headed ants from the genus Pheidole (Hy­men­optera: Formicidae) are diverse and ecologically important world-wide. Here we report the first record in Oklahoma for two species, Pheidole pelor and Pheidole tysoni, increasing the number of known Pheidole species in Oklahoma to twelve. We highlight two areas, northwestern and southeastern Oklahoma, that may contain undocumented species based on their unique habitat, and stress the importance of surveying the regional fauna of these areas to create a proper baseline for monitoring the effects of environmental change.
Keywords
ants; big-headed ant; biodiversity; native species; new record; University of Oklahoma Biological Station