First Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey
Sociobiology, vol.68, no.3, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 68 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2021
- Doi Number: 10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.7224
- Journal Name: Sociobiology
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Animal Behavior Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
- Keywords: Biodiversity, Inquilinism, Social parasitism
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Trakya University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
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.