The Myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: Survey of Ant Species with an Annotated Synonymic Inventory (original) (raw)

Contribution to the Myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of East and South Serbia

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

In the eastern and the southern parts of Serbia 38 species of ants were registered. All found species could have been expected and they were already mentioned in the myrmecofauna of Serbia by former authors. The finding of species Myrmica laurae (Emery, 1907) and Formica candida Smith, 1878, at Stara Planina Mts. (Serbia) is the only record in Serbia up to now.

A LIST OF CURRENTLY KNOWN ANT SPECIES (FORMICIDAE, HYMENOPTERA) OF Mt. STARA PLANINA (SERBIA)

24 species of ants known for the myrmecofauna of Mt. Stara Planina so far are presented. Among them genus Sifolinia Emery 1907 and the species Sifolinia laurae Emery 1907 were new for the myrmecofauna of Yugoslavia and were registered only at Mt. Stara Planina in Serbia by now (Petrov and Mesaro • , 1988). The record of Formica candida Smith 1878 is also the only record of that species in Serbia by now. INTRODUCTION Ants appear as very important active inhabitants of all terrestrial ecosystems. They have big influence on their environment which they actively change. "Together with Homo sapiens, the ants are one of the few animal groups that commonly manipulate and modify their immediate surroundings to suit their needs" (Bolton, 1994). In most terrestrial habitats ants are among the leading predators of other insects and small invertebrates (Wilson, 1971, Jeanne, 1979, Sörensen and Schmidt, 1987), and are good controllers of pest insects in their environment (Hölldobler an...

An updated checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Czech Republic

2018

In this paper an updated critical checklist of the ants of the Czech Republic is provided. A total of 111 valid names of outdoor species are listed based on data from museum and private collections. Over the past decade several faunistic and taxonomic changes concerning the Czech ant fauna have occurred. The species Formica clara Forel, 1886, Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861, Temnothorax jailensis (Arnol’di, 1977) and Tetramorium hungaricum Röszler, 1935 were recorded on the Czech territory for the first time. Further, the presence of Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849) and Lasius myops Forel, 1894, formerly regarded as uncertain, was confirmed. Moreover, the status of Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944 was reviewed as a species. Besides outdoor species, a list of five indoor (introduced) species is given. Abstrakt: Práce obsahuje aktualizovaný seznam mravenců České republiky. Na základě údajů získaných z muzejních a soukromých sbírek je uvedeno celkem 111 volně žijících druhů. B...

Notes on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Rodna Mountains National Park and its surroundings (Transylvania – Maramures, Romania)

Faunistic investigation of the Rodna Mountains National Park and its surroundings (NW Romania) yielded records for 16 ant species. Based upon these results the number of known species reaches 22 in this region. Nine species are new for this region: Camponotus ligniperdus, Formica lemani, Formica clara, Formica sanguinea, Leptothorax acervorum, Myrmica lobicornis, Myrmica rubra, Myrmica ruginodis and Polyergus rufescens. Three main habitat types were studied: meadows, spruce forests and grasslands. The highest number of species was recorded in grasslands. The majority of the species are common in Romania. Data regarding the species’ biology and ecology are given

First records of six ant species ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ) for Slovenia

2017

Six ant species recorded for the first time in Slovenia are presented: Camponotus gestroi, Hypoponera eduardi, Lasius lasioides, Tapinoma cf. nigerrimum, Temnothorax jailensis and Temnothorax turcicus. They were found in the period of the last 9 years, five of them in southwestern Slovenia in the Submediterranean region, while T. turcicus was recorded in northeastern Slovenia. Findings of C. gestroi and T. jailensis considerably extend their previously known ranges in Europe.