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
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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.