Open AccessFirst Record of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey
Author(s) -
Kadri Kıran,
Celal Karaman,
Jürgen Heınze
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sociobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2447-8067
pISSN - 0361-6525
DOI - 10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.7224
Subject(s) - biology , ant , ecology , range (aeronautics) , hymenoptera , zoology , materials science , composite material
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.