Lasius reginae Faber, 1967

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena & Borowiec, Lech, 2022, New and little-known ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bulgaria, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 83658-83658 : 83658

Lasius reginae Faber, 1967

Distribution

New record: Slavyanka Mt., Goleshovo vill., 16.08.2014, 20 w. (Fig. 8 ) in a nest of Lasius alienus ( Förster, 1850) located at the side of a path along the edge of a forest. Detailed occurrence data: Lapeva-Gjonova and Borowiec (2022).

Notes

First record for Bulgaria. This is a very rarely recorded temporary social parasite of Lasius alienus recorded from several European countries, as well as from Turkey and Mongolia ( Aibek and Yamane 2010, Borowiec 2014). Lasius reginae joins L. carniolicus Mayr, 1861 as the second member of the subgenus Austrolasius known from Bulgaria. It differs from the latter in a reduced chaetotaxy (Fig. 8 ).

Figures

Figure 8. Lasius reginae, worker lateral: specimen from Goleshovo vill.; scale bar 1 mm.