Lasius alienus ( Foerster , 1850)

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena, Antonova, Vera, Radchenko, Alexander G. & Atanasova, Maria, 2010, Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, ZooKeys 62, pp. 1-124 : 22-23

Lasius alienus ( Foerster, 1850)

Records

(Map 50): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a, Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992, Seifert 1992); Western Predbalkan: Rachene river valley ( Vassilev 1984); Western Stara Planina Mts: Lakatnik station (Vratsa district) ( Atanassov 1936); Konyavska Planina Mt.: Uglyartsi vill. ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004b); Sofia Basin: Sofia ( Forel 1892, Lapeva-Gjonova and Atanasova 2004, Antonova 2004, 2005, Antonova and Penev 2006, Hlaváč et al. 2007), the surroundings of Sofia near Vladaya vill. ( Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008); Vitosha Mt. ( Atanassov 1936, 1952, Hlaváč et al. 2007): Knyazhevo ( Forel 1892); Plana Mt.: Pasarel vill. ( Hlaváč et al. 2007, Vagalinski and Lapeva-Gjonova in press); Tsiganka peak (Pasarel vill.), Bukov dol loc. (Pasarel vill.), Plana vill., Peyova buka hut (Pasarel vill.), Alino vill. ( Vagalinski and Lapeva-Gjonova in press); Lozenska Planina Mt. ( Vassilev and Evtimov 1973): near German monastery ( Antonova and Penev 2008); Bakadzhik-Burgas district: Aytos ( Forel 1892); Strandzha Mt. ( Antonova et al. in press); Krupnik-Sandanski- Petrich Valley: along Strumeshnitsa river ( Atanassov 1964); Belasitsa Mt. ( Atanassov 1964); Rila Mt.: Rila monastery, the valley of Rilska river ( Forel 1892); Western Rhodopi Mts: Chepintsi vill., Arda vill., Koshnitsa vill. ( Hlaváč et al. 2007), Dospat, Smolyan, Rakitovo, Velingrad, Chepelare ( Lapeva-Gjonova in press (a)); Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Kokiche vill. (Kardzhali), Dedets vill. (Zlatograd), Dyadovtsi vill. (Ardino), Madzharovo, Zvezdel vill. (Momchilgrad), between Dabovets vill. and Kamilski dol vill. (Ivaylovgrad), between Odrintsi vill. and Svirachi vill. (Ivaylovgrad), Svirachi vill. (Ivaylovgrad), Zhelezino vill. (Ivaylovgrad), Meden buk vill. (Ivaylovgrad) ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a); Northern Black Sea coast: Evksinograd palace ( Atanassov 1936); SouthernBlack Sea coast: Veselie vill. ( Forel 1892).

Notes:

Seifert (1992) has divided the former " Lasius alienus " into several species, three of which are found in Bulgaria: Lasius alienus , Lasius paralienus and Lasius psammophilus . Consequently, records of Lasius alienus in all papers before 1992 may refer to any of these species.