2021 Ecosystem Transformation 4 (4), 18-23

Fauna and ecological features of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the southeast of the Crimean Peninsula

Yusupov Z.M.  , Shorenko K.I.  

The faunistic data is presented for the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) sampled in 2019–2020 in the southeast of Crimea. In total, 28 species belonging to 16 genera and 4 subfamilies have been collected and identified. Fourteen species are new records for the Karadag Nature Reserve, and Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850) is recorded for the first time for the fauna of the Crimean Peninsula.

Z. M. Yusupov
A.K. Tembotov Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories, Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. I. Armand 37a, Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, 360051 Russia

yzalim@mail.ru

K. I. Shorenko
T.I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station – Nature Reserve, Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Nauki 24, Kurortnoye, Feodosia, 298188 Republic of Crimea

k_shorenko@mail.ru

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