Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

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KIRAN K., KARAMAN C.

Zoosystema, cilt.42, sa.18, ss.285-329, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 18
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18
  • Dergi Adı: Zoosystema
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.285-329
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: checklist, Entomology, faunistic, new records, Turkey
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Based on material collected between the years 1988-2015 numerous new province and country records of ants from Turkey are given. A total of 143 ant species were listed of which six: Cataglyphis machmalRadchenko & Arakelian, 1991, Lasius illyricus Zimmerman, 1935, Monomorium barbatulumMayr, 1877, Myrmica caucasicolaArnol'di, 1934, Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853) and Temnothorax rogeriEmery, 1869 are new for Turkish ant fauna. Based on most recent taxonomic data and studies on distributional patterns we also excluded from Turkish ant fauna fifteen species: Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923, Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857), Cataglyphis cursor (Fonscolombe, 1846), C. rubra (Forel, 1903), Lasius paralienusSeifert, 1992, Plagiolepis pallescens mauraSantschi, 1920, Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856), Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856), A. testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849), Crematogaster aubertiEmery, 1869, C. scutellaris (Oliver, 1792), Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804), Temnothorax nylanderi (Förster, 1850), T. crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926) and Tetramorium semilaeveAndré, 1883. Taxonomic position and new species names which were given in publications following the first Turkish checklist in 2012 are also discussed. The available faunal data showed that the ant fauna of Turkey is represented currently with 362 taxa.