01264nas a2200157   4500008004100000245004300041210003700084260008600121300001200207520074700219100001700966700001800983700001601001700001401017856007501031       2007                        eng d00aThe ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands)0 aants of El Hierro Canary Islands  aGainesville, FL, 690 p.bMemoirs of the American Entomological Institute, vol. 80  a113-1273 a*[The list of ants of El Hierro, the smallest & youngest of the Canary Islands, is updated: 21 species are listed with distribution data, with 7 considered as exotics, 12 species & 6 genera are added to the myrmecofauna of El Hierro.  Two endemic new species are described, Temnothorax bimbache sp.n., & Monomorium wilsoni sp.n., & Tetramorium depressum Forel is elevated to specific status, stat. nov.  The provisionally-identified Plagiolepis maura population has the interesting characteristic of having apterous sexuals.  The 7 ant species I consider as exotics on El Hierro are Cardiocondyla emeryi, Pheidole teneriffana, Tetramorium caldarium, Paratrechina longicornis, P. jaegerskioeldi, Tapinoma melanocephalum, & Linepithema humile.]1 aEspadaler, X1 aSnelling, R R1 aFisher, B L1 aWard, P S  uhttps://antkey.myspecies.info/th/content/ants-el-hierro-canary-islands