Three new species of ants (genus Aphaenogaster, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Turkey

Three new species of ants (genus Aphaenogaster, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Turkey

Three new species of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (A. aktaci sp. n., A. maculifrons sp. n., A. radchenkoi sp. n.) are described from Turkey and their taxonomic positions are discussed. Aphaenogaster aktaci sp. n. belongs to the obsidiana group, A. maculifrons sp. n. to subterranea group and A. radche...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biológia 2008-10, Vol.63 (5), p.689-695
Hauptverfasser: Kiran, Kadri, Nihat AktaÃ, Serdar Tezcan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ants
Aphaenogaster
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cell Biology
ecology
Formicidae
Hymenoptera
Life Sciences
Microbiology
new species
Plant Sciences
species identification
taxonomy
Turkey
Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:Three new species of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (A. aktaci sp. n., A. maculifrons sp. n., A. radchenkoi sp. n.) are described from Turkey and their taxonomic positions are discussed. Aphaenogaster aktaci sp. n. belongs to the obsidiana group, A. maculifrons sp. n. to subterranea group and A. radchenkoi sp. n. to pallida group of the Attomyrma subgenus. Key characteristics for identification of the species and data on their ecology are given.
ISSN:1336-9563
0006-3088
1336-9563
DOI:10.2478/s11756-008-0123-y