Primeros datos de Formícidos (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) en parques urbanos de Madrid
- Ruiz Heras, Pedro
- Martínez Ibáñez, María Dolores
- Cabrero Sañudo, Francisco José
- Vázquez Martínez, María de los Ángeles
ISSN: 0210-8984
Year of publication: 2011
Volume: 35
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 93-112
Type: Article
More publications in: Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología
Abstract
The increase of urban areas is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss. In this context, urban parks may play an important role as refugia for native fauna. This paper presents the first study on ant communities inhabiting urban parks in the city of Madrid, Spain. Three parks were studied along an urban-suburban transect (Retiro, Campo del Moro and Casa de Campo), using pitfall traps. A total of 37 species were identified, of which 46% had a Mediterranean distribution, 27% Palaearctic, 5% Ibero-Maghrebian, 8% Ibero-North African, 11% Iberian endemic and only 3% were invasive ants, represented by Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868).