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Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) zoosystema 2020 42 18 Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Kadri KIRAN & Celal KARAMAN art. 42 (18) — Published on 24 June 2020 www.zoosystema.com DIRECTEUR DE LA PUBLICATION / PUBLICATION DIRECTOR : Bruno David Président du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle RÉDACTRICE EN CHEF / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF : Laure Desutter-Grandcolas ASSISTANTE DE RÉDACTION / ASSISTANT EDITORS : Anne Mabille ([email protected]) MISE EN PAGE / PAGE LAYOUT : Anne Mabille, Fariza Sissi COMITÉ SCIENTIFIQUE / SCIENTIFIC BOARD : James Carpenter (AMNH, New York, États-Unis) Maria Marta Cigliano (Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentine) Henrik Enghoff (NHMD, Copenhague, Danemark) Rafael Marquez (CSIC, Madrid, Espagne) Peter Ng (University of Singapore) Norman I. Platnick (AMNH, New York, États-Unis) Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France) Jean-François Silvain (IRD, Gif-sur-Yvette, France) Wanda M. Weiner (Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracovie, Pologne) John Wenzel (The Ohio State University, Columbus, États-Unis) COUVERTURE / COVER : Worker of Temnothorax rogeri Emery, 1869, head from dorsal view. 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Diffusion – Publications scientifiques Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle CP 41 – 57 rue Cuvier F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) Tél. : 33 (0)1 40 79 48 05 / Fax : 33 (0)1 40 79 38 40 [email protected] / http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr © Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, 2020 ISSN (imprimé / print) : 1280-9551/ ISSN (électronique / electronic) : 1638-9387 Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Kadri KIRAN Celal KARAMAN Trakya University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Balkan Campus, Edirne (Turkey) [email protected] (corresponding author) Submitted on 20 February 2019 | Accepted on 12 December 2019 | Published on 24 June 2020 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9F490C6-E406-45CC-B5D3-B949712E2DEB Kiran K. & Karaman C. 2020. — Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42 (18): 285-329. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18. http://zoosystema.com/42/18 ABSTRACT Based on material collected between the years 1988-2015 numerous new province and country records of ants from Turkey are given. A total of 143 ant species were listed of which six: Cataglyphis machmal Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991, Lasius illyricus Zimmerman, 1935, Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877, Myrmica caucasicola Arnol’di, 1934, Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853) and Temnothorax rogeri Emery, 1869 are new for Turkish ant fauna. Based on most recent taxonomic data and studies on distributional patterns we also excluded from Turkish ant fauna fifteen species:Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923, Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857), Cataglyphis cursor (Fonscolombe, 1846), C. rubra (Forel, 1903), Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992, Plagiolepis pallescens maura Santschi, 1920, Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856), Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856), A. testaceopilosa KEY WORDS (Lucas, 1849), Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869, C. scutellaris (Oliver, 1792), Solenopsis geminata Entomology, (Fabricius, 1804), Temnothorax nylanderi (Förster, 1850), T. crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926) and Te- checklist, tramorium semilaeve André, 1883. Taxonomic position and new species names which were given in faunistic, Turkey, publications following the first Turkish checklist in 2012 are also discussed. The available faunal data new records. showed that the ant fauna of Turkey is represented currently with 362 taxa. RÉSUMÉ Compléments à la faune des fourmis de Turquie (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Sur la base des données recueillies entre 1988 et 2015, de nombreuses nouvelles signalisations de fourmis de Turquie sont données par provinces et par pays. Au total, 143 espèces de fourmis ont été répertoriées, dont six : Cataglyphis machmal Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991, Lasius illyricus Zimmerman, 1935, Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877, Myrmica caucasicola Arnol’di, 1934, Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853) et Temnothorax rogeri Emery, 1869 sont nouvelles pour la faune des fourmis turques. Sur la base des données taxonomiques les plus récentes et des études sur les schémas de distribution, nous avons également exclu quinze espèces de la faune des fourmis turques : Bothriomyrmex corsicus Sants- chi, 1923, Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857), Cataglyphis cursor (Fonscolombe, 1846), C. rubra (Forel, 1903), Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992, Plagiolepis pallescens maura Santschi, 1920, Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856), Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856), A. testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849), MOTS CLÉS Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869, C. scutellaris (Oliver, 1792), Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804), Entomologie, Temnothorax nylanderi (Förster, 1850), T. crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926) et Tetramorium semilaeve André, liste, 1883. La position taxonomique et les nouveaux noms d’espèces qui ont été donnés dans les publications faunistique, Turquie, suite à la première liste turque en 2012 sont également discutés. Les données faunistiques disponibles signalisations nouvelles. montrent que la faune des fourmis de Turquie est actuellement représentée par 362 taxons. ZOOSYSTEMA • 2020 • 42 (18) © Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. www.zoosystema.com 285 Kiran K. & Karaman C. INTRODUCTION Specimens ♀ queen; According to the first and the only checklist on Turkish ant ♂ male; ♃ soldier; fauna (Kiran & Karaman 2012), the current number of ☿ worker. ant taxa represented in Turkey is evidently higher than in the neighbouring countries. The nearest most diverse ant fauna is that of Greece with 315 species (Salata & Borowiec Symbols 2018b), followed by Iran with more than 250 species (Rad * New record for Turkish ant fauna, et al. 2018; Khalili-Moghadam et al. 2019), Bulgaria with ** New record for Asia. 186 species (Lapeva-Gjonova et al. 2010; Lapeva-Gjonova et al. 2014; Kiran et al. 2017; Borowiec et al. 2019), and RESULTS Georgia with 145 species (Gratiashvili et al. 2010; Salata & Borowiec 2018a). One can explain, at first glance, such a Family FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 substantial species number by comparatively larger land Subfamily DOLICHODERINAE Forel, 1878 surface area of the country. But the geographical posi- Genus Dolichoderus Lund, 1831 tion of the country, as a junction point of European and Asian continents, and its latitudinally and longitudinally Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771) different climatic conditions may also be responsible for the diverse ant fauna. On the other hand, the high species Formica quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1771: 541. number does not mean that Turkey has been thoroughly MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 18 ☿ ; Bilecik, Bozüyük, Varyüzü investigated with intense faunal studies. For instance, the Vill.; 39°55’603”N, 29°58’857”E; 720 m; 13.VI.2004; K. Kiran leg.; recent checklist of Turkey revealed that no ant records were EMTU 04/0202 • 1 ☿ ; Bursa, Uludağ Mt.; 40°07’58”N, 29°01’02”E; reported for nine of the 81 provinces and that 29 provinces 423 m; 26.VII.2009; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 09/0045f • 2 ☿; İznik; 40°25’48”N, 29°43’19”E; 80 m; 02.VIII.2001; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU were represented in the list with only one to five species 01/0957b • 14 ☿ ; Kestel, Saitabat Vill.; 40°08’N, 29°13’E; 700 m; (Kiran & Karaman 2012). 14.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07/2360a • 29 ☿ ; Osmangazi, In this study, we update distribution data of taxa previously Gökçeören; 40°08’N, 29°01’E; 810 m; 14.VIII.2014; C. Karaman recorded from Turkey and provide new faunistic records of leg.; EMTU 07/2347a • 26 ☿ ; Denizli, Babadağ, Kıranyer Vill.; species hitherto unknown for the country. 37°48’N, 28°48’E; 966 m; 11.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07/2246 • 1 ☿ ; Yeniköy; 37°47’N, 28°52’E; 840 m; 13.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07/2315c • 6 ☿ ; Edirne, Karaağaç; 41°39’N, 26°31’E; 39 m; 08.V.2007; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 07/0055b • 1 ♀ ; MATERIAL AND METHODS same collection data as for preceding; 7.VIII.2010; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 10/0015 • 14 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; The material included in the study was collected from 1988 3.IV.2012; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 12/0008a • 1 ☿ ; Karabük, Safran- bolu; 41°14’42”N, 32°43’26”E; 287 m; 16.V.2005; K. Kiran leg.; to 2015 by the authors and various other researchers whose EMTU 05/0006b • 1 ♀ , 24 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; names were indicated in the result section. The material is 30.VII.2005; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 05/0021a • 2 ☿ ; same collection deposited in the Entomological Museum of Trakya Univer- data
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