Published September 16, 2021 | Version v1
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A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Mt. Pantaron Range, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines

  • 1. University Researcher and Curator, Entomological Collection, University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, Los Baños, Laguna Province, Philippines and Research Associate, Philippine National Museum, Manila, Philippines

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The ants of a remote mountain in central Mindanao Island, Philippines are surveyed along a transect with a combination of collecting techniques.  Nine species are new distributional records for the Philippines: Aenictus wayani Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011; Aphaenogaster feae Emery, 1889; Euprenolepis procera (Emery, 1900); Myrmecina grandis Okido, Ogata and Hosoishi, 2020; Pheidole plinii Forel, 1911; Pheidole rabo Forel, 1913; Polyrhachis montana Hung, 1970; Ponera incerta (Wheeler, 1933); and Strumigenys doriae Emery, 1887.  Eighteen other species are new distributional records for the island of Mindanao.

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