New investigation and a revised checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Republic of Macedonia

作者：Bracko Gregor^*; Wagner Herbert Christian; Schulz Andreas; Gioahin Erika; Maticic Janja; Tratnik Ana

来源：North-Western Journal of Zoology, 2014, 10(1): 10-24.

• ants
• Balkan Peninsula
• Republic of Macedonia
• checklist
• faunistics

The Balkan Peninsula harbours perhaps the richest but least investigated ant fauna of Europe. The Republic of Macedonia is especially poorly investigated. In 2010 we sampled ants from 19 sites in southeastern and central part of the country, applying four different collection methods. We identified a total of 80 species, 32 of which are firstly recorded for Macedonia, i.e. Hypoponera eduardi, Aphaenogaster epirotes, A. finzii, A. splendida, A. subterraneoides, Myrmica curvithorax, M. hellenica, M. lonae, Temnothorax bulgaricus, T. exilis, T. finzii, T. graecus, T. near interruptus, T. near parvulus, T. recedens, T. semiruber, T. unifasciatus, Tetramorium near hippocrate, T. hungaricum, T. moravicum, T. sp. D, T. sp. E, T. sp., Bothriomyrmex communistus, Camponotus aegaeus, C. atricolor, C. gestroi, C. ionius, Lasius balcanicus or L. distinguendus, L. platythorax, Plagiolepis taurica, P. xene. A revised checklist of the 99 ant species thus far documented for the country is presented, based on our collected material and the critical analysis of the available literature of the Macedonian ant fauna.

• 出版日期2014-6