Iberomyrmex 11: 16-17

Scientific Contribution

First record of Technomyrmex vexatus for Spain (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)

Rhian Guillem, Keith Bensusan

Abstract

Technomyrmex vexatus Santschi, 1919 is recorded for the first time in mainland Spain, from Tarifa in the province of Cádiz. The species was found during a Bioblitz within the Parque Natural del Estrecho. T. vexatus was previously known only from Gibraltar, North- ern Morocco and Ceuta (Spain).