01912nas a2200229 4500008004100000245010500041210006900146260001600215300001400231490000700245520120200252653001701454653001701471653001901488653001201507653001101519653002101530100001901551700001901570700001801589856007501607 2014 eng d00aAnts of the Florida Keys: species accounts, biogeography, and conservation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)0 aAnts of the Florida Keys species accounts biogeography and conse cJan-01-2014 a295 - 2950 v143 a

As a tropical archipelago, the Florida Keys provide an ideal environment to examine the historic and short-term processes that structure and influence biological diversity. Through a new survey of the ants of the Florida Keys, we increase our knowledge of the number of species to 94 representing 34 genera and 8 subfamilies. Through detailed collection information, we provide an in depth picture of the distribution of each species across the Keys. On the basis of these data and information on the native and known distributions of each species, we confirm the historical trend toward continued immigration of nonnative species into the Florida Keys and present these findings in the context of the proportion of native to nonnative species. We find a similar number of species introduced from the Old World and Neotropical mainland and discuss the probable immigration of mainland Florida species during the exposure of the Florida Shelf during the last glacial episode and the subsequent isolation of some populations as sea level rose following the last glaciation. Lastly, we discuss the possible threats to these populations due to rapid climate change and other human influences.

10abiodiversity10aBiogeography10aClimate change10aFlorida10ainsect10aInvasive species1 aMoreau, C., S.1 aDeyrup, M., A.1 aDavis, L., R. uhttp://jinsectscience.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/doi/10.1093/jisesa/ieu15700923nas a2200133 4500008004100000245005900041210005900100260005000159300001000209520045000219100001400669700001600683856009000699 1998 eng d00aComposition of the ant fauna of three Bahamian Islands0 aComposition of the ant fauna of three Bahamian Islands aSan Salvador, BahamasbBahamian Field Station a23-313 a

*[91 species are know from collecting & literature from Andros island (70 species), New Providence (69 species), & San Salvador (44 species). There are 36 introduced species. S. invicta collected on Andros island (in 1996), New Providence (in 1995), & San Salvador (in 1994). B. obscurior queens observed stowing away on a small plane going from Florida to San Salvador. Solenopsis laeviceps literature record questionable.]

1 aDeyrup, M1 aWilson, T K uhttps://antkey.myspecies.info/en/content/composition-ant-fauna-three-bahamian-islands00942nas a2200121 4500008004100000245006200041210005600103300001000159490000700169520053600176100001400712856009400726 2003 eng d00aAn updated list of Florida ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)0 aupdated list of Florida ants Hymenoptera Formicidae a43-480 v863 a

The Florida list (Deyrup, M.,Johnson, C.,Wheeler, G.C., & Wheeler, J.) published in1989 is replaced to accomodate 49 additional species now know from Florida, and 34 name changes in species already on the 1989 list. Currently, 218 species of ants are reliably reported from Florida. The native species Formica subsericea & Solenopsis xyloni, and the exotic species Myrmelachista ramulorum & Tetramorium lanuginosum have not been found in many years and may have been extirpated. Some taxonomic notes are given.

1 aDeyrup, M uhttps://antkey.myspecies.info/en/content/updated-list-florida-ants-hymenoptera-formicidae