Open AccessFirst record of the vulnerable social parasite ant Plagiolepis grassei in Italy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author(s) -
Enrico Schifani
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
fragmenta entomologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2284-4880
pISSN - 0429-288X
DOI - 10.4081/fe.2017.231
Subject(s) - hymenoptera , iucn red list , ant , biology , zoology , parasite hosting , geography , ecology , world wide web , computer science
The first Italian records of the rare parasitic ant species Plagiolepis grassei Le Masne, 1956 are here reported. This species is considered as “Vulnerable” by the IUCN’s Red List, and was previously recorded from France and Spain only
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