Abstract

VILLALVAZO-PALACIOS, Margarita; PEREZ-DOMINGUEZ, Juan Francisco  and  VASQUEZ-BOLANOS, Miguel. New record of Aphaenogaster punctaticeps Mackay, 1989 for Mexico and first record of Aphaenogaster mexicana (Pergande, 1896) for Jalisco state (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.2, pp.431-433. ISSN 2448-8445.

We present a new record of Aphaenogaster punctaticeps Mackay, 1989 from Mexico and the first record of Aphaenogaster mexicana (Pergande, 1896) from Jalisco State. The specimens were collected in Sierra de Quila, Jalisco, Mexico. With the new records now, there are 13 species of the genus Aphaenogaster from Mexico and three from Jalisco: Aphaenogaster ensifera Forel, 1899, A. mexicana (Pergande, 1896) and A. punctaticeps (Mackay, 1989).

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