First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey

First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey

We report on the occurrence of the ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 in two sites in Northern and Eastern Turkey. Leptothorax kutteri is a workerless inquiline living in the colonies of L. acervorum (Fabricius, 1793) so far known from various parts of Northern and Central Europe. Our findings...

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Main Authors: Kadri Kiran, Celal Karaman, Jürgen Heinze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2021-08-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
inquilinism
social parasitism
biodiversity
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/7224
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spelling doaj-66e2f14f26ed489280e1c69f4ee24ad92021-10-04T00:17:22ZengUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaSociobiology0361-65252447-80672021-08-0168310.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.7224First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from TurkeyKadri Kiran0Celal Karaman1Jürgen Heinze2Trakya University - TurkeyTrakya University - TurkeyZoology/Evolutionary Biology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, GermanyWe report on the occurrence of the ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 in two sites in Northern and Eastern Turkey. Leptothorax kutteri is a workerless inquiline living in the colonies of L. acervorum (Fabricius, 1793) so far known from various parts of Northern and Central Europe. Our findings greatly increase the range of this small and rare ant.http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/7224inquilinismsocial parasitismbiodiversity
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Jürgen Heinze
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Celal Karaman
Jürgen Heinze
First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey
Sociobiology
inquilinism
social parasitism
biodiversity
author_facet Kadri Kiran
Celal Karaman
Jürgen Heinze
author_sort Kadri Kiran
title First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey
title_short First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey
title_full First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey
title_fullStr First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey
title_full_unstemmed First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey
title_sort first record of the inquiline ant leptothorax kutteri buschinger, 1965 from turkey
publisher Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
series Sociobiology
issn 0361-6525
2447-8067
publishDate 2021-08-01
description We report on the occurrence of the ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 in two sites in Northern and Eastern Turkey. Leptothorax kutteri is a workerless inquiline living in the colonies of L. acervorum (Fabricius, 1793) so far known from various parts of Northern and Central Europe. Our findings greatly increase the range of this small and rare ant.
topic inquilinism
social parasitism
biodiversity
url http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/7224
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