Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Author Kiran, Kadri Author Karaman, Celal Trakya University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Balkan Campus, Edirne (Turkey) kadrikiran @ trakya. edu. tr (corresponding author) text Zoosystema 2020 2020-06-24 42 18 285 329 journal article 21596 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18 081ac4b3-8ae0-45e9-a851-8889a7654463 1638-9387 3922267 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9F490C6-E406-45CC-B5D3-B949712E2DEB Lasius balcanicus Seifert, 1988 / distinguendus ( Emery, 1916 ) Lasius balcanicus Seifert, 1988: 152 . Formicina umbrata subsp. distinguenda Emery, 1916: 64 . MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey 36♂ , 6 ☿ ; Bursa , Orhangazi , Mahmudiye Vill. ; 40°33’04”N , 29°28’00”E ; 700 m ; 06.VIII.1998 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU K98 /0559a 11 ☿ ; Yıldırım , Küreklidere Waterfall ; 40°09’N , 29°12’E ; 950 m ; 29. VI .2003 ; U. Güner leg.; EMTU 03 /0070a 47 ☿ ; Kestel , Alaçam Vill. ; 40°06’808”N, 29°17’245”E; 1090 m ; 14.VIII.2014 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 07 /2362a • 2 ☿ ; İnegöl, Tahtaköprü Vill.; 39°55’606”N, 29°39’183”E; 834 m ; 14.VIII.2014 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 07 /2366c 32 ☿ ; Edirne ; 41°40’07”N , 26°35’25”E ; 97 m ; 10. V .2006 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 06 /0387 6 ☿ ; Kastamonu ; 41°23’N , 33°46’E ; 775 m ; 30.IV.2011 ; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 11 /0102e . REMARKS Workers of both species are very similar, definitive identification is only possible based on queen caste ( Seifert 2007 ). We left the identication of the material as Lasius balcanicus / distinguendus for now, because of the lack of the queen caste.