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Data on Strumigenys Argiola (Emery, 1869) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Slovakia Folia faunistica Slovaca 20 (2) 2015: 163–166 www.ffs.sk DATA ON STRUMIGENYS ARGIOLA (EMERY, 1869) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE, MYRMICINAE) FROM SLOVAKIA 1 1 2 3 Milada Holecová , Mária Klesniaková , Adrián Purkart & 1 Filip Repta Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 2Mlynská dolina B–1, SK – 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia [[email protected], [email protected]] 3 Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B2, SK-842 15 Bratislava [[email protected]] Poľovnícka 17, 900 28 Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia [[email protected]] Abstract: Strumigenys argiola Records of the cryptic dacetine ant (Emery, 1869) from four localities in western and southwestern Slovakia are presented. The territory of Slovakia represents the northern border of its known native distribution.Key words: Strumigenys argiola , ants, Dacetini, Formicidae, Slovakia, faunistics. INTRODUCTION MATERIAL AND METHODS Strumigenis argiola Ants of the tribe Dacetini (Myrmicinae) are tiny Four specimens of from Slova- species living in leaf litter, topsoil, rotten wood and kia were collected using several methods – Moer- rarely foraging openly above ground. All Dacetini icke traps (yellow dishes with a salt solution), for- species are predatory, hunting mainly Collembo- maldehyde pitfall traps, litter samples (extracted in la and other small insects. The structure of their Tullgren funnels) and hand collecting. mandibles reflects these specializations (Bolton 1999, Fellner et al. 2009). They are generally very The specimens were identified using Bolton’s com- small, cryptically coloured, and slow-moving, be- prehensive dacetine key (Bolton 2000). The speci- coming motionless when disturbed. As a result, mens collected in the territory of Bratislava city, and its surroundings were examined using stereomicro- dacetine ants can be easily overlooked (WetterStrumig- enyser 2011). Bolton (2000) recognizedPyramica 872 species of scope Stemi 2000 (Carl Zeiss) and photographed by a dacetine ants, placing 90% in two genera, high-resolution camera (Canon EOS 100D). Strumigenys RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (466 species, 53%) and (324 species, 37%), now combined within (Baro- Strumigenys argiola ni Urbani & de Andrade 2007). Only seven dace- tine species occur in theS. Westargiola Palaearctic (BoltonS. The first record of (Fig 1) from baudueri2000, Radchenko 2007, S.Markó lewisi 2008, Bezděčka Slovakia° was published° by Deván (2008): W Slova- S.& Bezděčkovámembranifera 2009): (Emery,S. rogeri 1896), kia, Strážovské vrchy Mts, Omšenská Baba – Ihrište S. tenuipilis (Emery, 1875), Cameron,S. tenuissima 1886, (48 54’38” N, 18 14’08” E), 550 m a. s. l., leg. P. (Emery, 1869), Emery, Deván, det. et rev. D. Vepřek, G. Alpert, P. Werner. 1890, (Emery, 1915), and A single male was captured in a Moericke trap. The (Brown, 1953). trap was located on an extremely steep slope of the Holecová M, Klesniaková M, Purkart A & Repta F, 2015: Data on Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Slovakia. Folia faunistica Slovaca, 20 (2): 163–166. [in English] Received 21 October 2015 ~ Accepted 16 November 2015 ~ Published 28 December 2015 © Faunima, Bratislava, 2015 e–ISSN 1336–4529 ISSN 1335–7522 164 Holecová M et al.: Data on Strumigenys argiola from Slovakia Sesleria calcarea Carex hu- °11 milis southern exposition. and 17 ’26” E), 134 m a. s. l., 5. 7. 2013, 1 worker from predominated in the vegetation cover. a litter sample extracted in a Tullgren funnel, leg. et coll. M. Holecová, det. M. Klesniaková. The veg- Following unpublished records come from urban etation cover of the cemetery is artificially planted and suburban habitats of Bratislava city and its and it is continually maintained by man. surroundings. Records listed below are ordered ° ° chronologically. SW Slovakia, Malé Karpaty Mts, Bratislava city, the °11 ° cemetery Kozia brána (48 08’54” N, 17 05’57” E), SW Slovakia, Podunajská rovina lowland, Ivánka 170 m a. s. l., 17. 8. – 17. 9. 2013, one queen, in a for- pri Dunaji village (48 ’35” N, 17 15’45” E), 131 m maldehyde pitfall trap exposed in a dry grass plot, a. s. l., 30. 7. 2012, 1 male, collected individually in a leg. det. et coll. M. Holecová. This historic cemetery garden of a family house, leg. F. Repta, det. et coll. A. has the character of an old city park with many old Purkart, rev. M. Wiezik. trees and shrubs (Fig 2). Strumigenys ° argiola SW Slovakia, Podunajská rovina lowland, Brati- The currently known distribution of slava city, the cemetery Vrakuňa (48 08’35” N, in Slovakia is summarised in Fig. 3. B A C D E Figure 1. Strumigenys argiola (photo: A. Šestáková): A – lateral view of a male; B – head of the same male, lateral view; C – the head of the same male, frontal view; D – lateral view of a queen; E – head of the same queen, dorsal view. Folia faunistica Slovaca 20 (2) 2015: 163–166 165 Strumigenys argiola has so far been verified for the Bezděčka P & BezděčkováMyrmecological K, 2009: First Newsrecord of Pyra- European countries: Portugal (Boieiro et al. 1999), mica baudueri (Emery, 1875) (Hymenoptera: Formi- cidae) from Bulgaria. , 13: 1–2. 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