LEADER 02519nam 2200397z- 450 001 9910404246503321 005 20210211 035 $a(CKB)4100000011302493 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56144 035 $a(NjHacI)994100000011302493 035 $a(oapen)doab56144 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011302493 100 $a20202102d2020 |y 0 101 0 $a||| 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar - an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups 210 $cPensoft Publishers$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 225 1 $aZooKeys 311 08$a954-642-995-3 330 $aIn the global scale, the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 is one of the most diverse ant genera. However, very little is known about the Pheidole fauna of Madagascar - an island considered as a global biodiversity hotspot. Most of the data describing the diversity of this genus on the island can be found in a number of short faunistic notes in majority originating in the late 1800s. The last Madagascar Pheidole species was described more than 100 years ago. Thanks to comprehensive inventories conducted across the island the Pheidole collection deposited at the California Academy of Sciences contains more than 50,000 specimens from almost 4,500 localities. This material, combined with type specimens deposited in Museum d'Historie Naturelle, Geneva, was used as a base for a taxonomic review of this genus. Here we present an introduction to Pheidole of Madagascar, define 16 species groups, containing approximately 140 species, and revise eleven of them. The monograph also includes keys to species groups, and 52 species - members of groups revised in this monograph. This publication is meant to be the first in a series aiming to revise the taxonomy of all Pheidole in Madagascar. 517 $aPheidole Westwood, 1839 606 $aZoology & animal sciences$2bicssc 615 7$aZoology & animal sciences 676 $a595.796 700 $aSebastian Salata$4auth$01277817 702 $aBrian L. Fisher$4auth 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910404246503321 996 $aPheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar ? an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups$93012100 997 $aUNINA