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A bstrac t: Mermithid nematode infestation o f M yrm ica rugulosa Nyl. and M . sabuleti Mein, is reported, and parasitogenic morphological anomalies o f these two ant species are described for the first time. Two infected M. rugulosa males and a female worker-like individual o f M . sabuleti were found outside their nests in the Pieniny Mts (southern Poland). The latter individual was recognised belonging to the gynaecoid mermithergate parasitogenic category caused by the mermithid parasitism. Mermithogenic malformation o f the infected M . sabuleti female is discussed in the context o f its developmental origin. Emphasis is also placed on possible taxonomic difficulties in the determination o f M yrm ica Latr. specimens infected by the mermithids as well as the risk o f erroneous descriptions o f taxa based on such parasitogenic forms.

Strikingly malformed host morphology: Myrmica rugulosa Nyl. and Myrmica sabuleti Mein. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) parasitised by mermithid nematodes