Goniomma kugleri

Distribution
Known from Portugal and Spain.

This taxon was described from Spain.

Portugal
Boieiro et al. (2002) - A considerable number of specimens (29) were collected in a woodland near Ribeira de Terges (UTM - 29SPB1787). The area presented a thickest arbustive layer (dominated by Quercus coccifera, Cistus ladanifer, C. monspeliensis and Lavandula stoechas plants) with some trees (Quercus rotundifolia) interspersed. All specimens were captured in pitfall traps during the period that lasted between 21st October - 22nd December 1998.

A single specimen of this species was also trapped in an area of matorrals (sclerophyllous vegetation dominated by Quercus coccifera, Pistacia lentiscus, Lonicera etrusca, Genista sp, Coronilia sp, Cistus crispus and C. salvifolius), at the vicinities of Tesoureira (UTM - 29SMD8709). This specimen was captured by means of pitfall traps during the period of 1 st -11th June 2001.

This Iberian endemic ant species is known solely from a few southern Spanish localities (Espadler, 1985). The inconspicuousness of this seed-gather species is probably a result of its cryptic individual foraging strategy altogether with the small size of the workers.

Nomenclature

 *  kugleri. Goniomma kugleri Espadaler, 1986a: 61, figs. 1-15 (w.q.m.) SPAIN.

Additional References

 * Boieiro, M., X. Espadaler, et al. (2002). "Four new species to the ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Bol. Soc. Port. Entomol. 202(VII-20): 254-259.