Collection of Formicidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) in the Entomological Collection Adolph Hempel, Instituto Biológico, São Paulo
Abstract
Preserving information about biodiversity is crucial for many fields of science, and biological collections are responsible for keeping this information. Within myrmecology, the scientific study of ants, we highlight in this article historical information from the Entomological Collection Adolph Hempel, Instituto Biológico of Sao Paulo, with special reference to the ant collection. The Formicidae collection contains 15,700 specimens, identified in 357 species, which are distributed among 61 genera belonging to 10 subfamilies. There is a predominance of Myrmicinae, Ponerinae, Formicinae, and Dorylinae, which together constitute 78% of the collection. Type material deposited in the repository is represented by 16 specimens, distributed in nine species.
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