Date of Graduation
12-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Horticulture
Advisor/Mentor
Rom, C. R. (Curt R.)
Committee Member/Reader
Dowling, Ashley
Committee Member/Second Reader
Wolf, Duane C. (Duane Carl), 1946-
Committee Member/Third Reader
Johnson, Donald M. (Donald Mack), 1959-
Abstract
Ants are among the most abundant animals in most terrestrial ecosystems, yet local fauna are often poorly understood due to a lack of surveys. This study separated and identified ant species from arthropod samples obtained during ongoing projects by the lab of Dr. A.P.G. Dowling, Professor of Entomology at the University of Arkansas. More than 600 ants were prepared, 284 of which were identified to genus and 263 to species. From this collection, 33 species and one morphospecies were identified, comprising 18 genera in total. Additionally, 28 new distributional records were recorded for Benton, Madison, Newton, and Washington Counties in Arkansas.
Keywords
Entomology, Ecology
Citation
O'Neill, J. (2011). A Survey of the Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Arkansas and the Ozark Mountains. Horticulture Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/hortuht/1