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Ростов-на-Дону 2019 Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень 15(1): 165–175 © Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 2019

New data on the (: Formicidae) of

Новые данные по фауне муравьев (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Азербайджана

© G. Bračko © Г. Брачко

University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva str., 101, Ljubljana 1000 . E-mail: [email protected] Люблянский университет, биотехнический факультет, кафедра биологии, ул. Ямникарьева, 101, Любляна 1000 Словения

Key words: Hymenoptera, Formicidae, faunistics, new records, Azerbaijan, . Ключевые слова: Hymenoptera, Formicidae, фауна, новые находки, Азербайджан, Кавказ.

Abstract. of Azerbaijan are relatively poorly epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927, Tapinoma magnum known compared to other parts of the Caucasus area Mayr, 1861, Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852), and Europe. To improve the knowledge of the ant fauna, T. parvulus (Schenck, 1852), T. cf. recedens, T. tauricus we performed field sampling in 2017, including different (Ruzsky, 1902), Tetramorium cf. caespitum, T. caucasicum habitats extending throughout the country. We collected Wagner, Arthofer, Seifert, Muster, Steiner et Schlick- data on ants from 46 localities, and identified 73 species all Steiner, 2017, T. chefketi Forel, 1911, T. indocile Santschi, together, of which 30 present new records for Azerbaijan, 1927, T. moravicum Novák et Sadil, 1941, и T. sulcinode i.e., Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792), Cardiocondyla Santschi, 1927. brachyceps Seifert, 2003, C. stambuloffii Forel, 1892, Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798, F. georgica Seifert, Introduction 2002, Lasius bombycina Seifert et Galkowski, 2016, L. illyricus Zimmermann, 1935, L. neglectus/turcicus Recently, ants of the Palaearctic region were complex, L. obscuratus Stitz, 1930, L. platythorax Seifert, subjected to several taxonomical revisions. Thus, some 1991, L. cf. platythorax, Lepisiota syriaca (André, 1881), genera underwent important taxonomical changes, e.g. salina Ruzsky, 1905, M. specioides Bondroit, Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 [Seifert, 2012], Cardiocondyla 1918, Myrmoxenus cf. ravouxi, Plagiolepis arnoldii Dlussky, Emery, 1869 [Seifert, 2003], Formica Linnaeus, 1758 Soyunov et Zabelin, 1990, P. perperamus Salata, Borowiec et [Seifert, Schultz, 2009a, b], Messor Forel, 1890 [Steiner Radchenko, 2018, Ponera testacea Emery, 1895, Proformica et al., 2018], Myrmica Latreille, 1804 [Radchenko, Elmes, epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927, Tapinoma magnum 2010], Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 [Csősz et al., 2015, 2018] Mayr, 1861, Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852), and Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 [Csősz et al., 2007; Csősz, T. parvulus (Schenck, 1852), T. cf. recedens, T. tauricus Schulz, 2010; Wagner et al., 2017]. These revisions incited (Ruzsky, 1902), Tetramorium cf. caespitum, T. caucasicum European myrmecologists to update ant lists for their Wagner, Arthofer, Seifert, Muster, Steiner et Schlick- countries, which resulted in improved knowledge on Steiner, 2017, T. chefketi Forel, 1911, T. indocile Santschi, distribution of ant taxa. 1927, T. moravicum Novák et Sadil, 1941, and T. sulcinode The Caucasus, situated at the junction of Europe and Santschi, 1927. Asia, is an important natural region with high species Резюме. Фауна муравьев Азербайджана richness, levels of endemism, taxonomic uniqueness относительно слабо изучена по сравнению с другими and presence of many habitat types of global rarity частями Кавказа и Европой. В ходе экспедиции по [Biodiversity..., 2000]. As far as ants are concerned, this стране в 2017 году было собрано 73 вида муравьев из territory used to be part of myrmecological investigations 46 местонахождений, 30 видов из них впервые указаны for a long time, but recently, intensity of faunistic studies для Азербайджана: Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792), lagged behind the ones in other European regions. The Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003, C. stambuloffii last ant list was published for [Gratiashvili, Forel, 1892, Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798, F. georgica Barjadze, 2008], but the list lacks critical evaluation of Seifert, 2002, Lasius bombycina Seifert et Galkowski, older literature records. For , the last extensive 2016, L. illyricus Zimmermann, 1935, L. neglectus/turcicus study of ants dates 25 years back [Arakelian, 1994]. complex, L. obscuratus Stitz, 1930, L. platythorax Seifert, Ants of Russian part of the Caucasus were studied in 1991, L. cf. platythorax, Lepisiota syriaca (André, 1881), several shorter contributions [Dubovikoff, 2002, 2005; Myrmica salina Ruzsky, 1905, M. specioides Bondroit, Radchenko et al., 2015; Radchenko, Yusupov, 2017; 1918, Myrmoxenus cf. ravouxi, Plagiolepis arnoldii Dlussky, Yusupov, 2014, 2017a, b]. Compared to other parts of the Soyunov et Zabelin, 1990, P. perperamus Salata, Borowiec et Caucasus, Azerbaijan is the most deficient and outdated Radchenko, 2018, Ponera testacea Emery, 1895, Proformica in knowledge on ant fauna, without any faunistic

Research Article / Научная статья DOI: 10.23885/181433262019151-165175 166 G. Bračko

Fig. 1. Sampling localities of ants in Azerbaijan in 2017. Рис. 1. Точки сбора муравьев в Азербайджане в 2017 году. work published recently. Moreover, while Armenian So far, there has not been any investigation that would and Georgian ant material was used in several latest include sampling of ants throughout Azerbaijan. Here we taxonomical revisions [Csősz et al., 2007, 2015, 2018; present the results of such investigation carried out in Seifert, 2011; Seifert, Csősz, 2015; Wagner et al., 2017; Azerbaijan in 2017. Steiner et al., 2018], Azerbaijan was mostly neglected in those investigations. Material and methods In the past studies, ants from the territory of present Azerbaijan were included in the survey of the Ants were sampled in August and September 2017, ant fauna of former Imperial [Ruzsky, 1905], or in different parts of Azerbaijan (Fig. 1). The only areas the whole Caucasus [Karavaiev, 1926a, b, c]. Records on not covered in the investigation were Nagorno- Azerbaijanian ants can be found in reviews of certain region and exclave of . Altogether, 46 localities genera from the former , e.g. Messor were investigated (Table 1). Ants were sampled applying [Arnol’di, 1977], Proformica Ruzsky, 1902 [Dlussky, 1969], direct sampling method [Bestelmeyer et al., 2000]. The Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 [Dlussky, Radchenko, 1994], material was preserved in 70% ethanol and is deposited in Temnothorax [Radchenko, 1994a, 1995] and Tetramorium the ant collection of the author (Ljubljana, Slovenia). [Radchenko, 1992]. An important study, which dealt The following taxonomic literature was considered particularly with Azerbaijanian ants, was published by for the identification of species: Arnol’di [1977], Borowiec Arnol’di [1948], who presented an extensive faunistic and and Salata [2013], Csősz et al. [2007, 2015, 2018], Dlussky ecological investigation of the ants of the Talysh Mts. and [1969], Dlussky and Radchenko [1994], Dlussky and Diabar Depression (south-eastern Azerbaijan). Recently, Zabelin [1985], Radchenko [1994b, 1996a, b, 1997, 1998], Dubovikoff and Radchenko [2010] described Chalepoxenus Radchenko and Elmes [2010], Salata and Borowiec [2015, hyrcanus from Talysh Mts. In the list of ants from Europe 2018], Salata et al. [2018], Seifert [1992, 2000a, 2002, 2003, and Mediterranean [Borowiec, 2014], 70 species are 2011, 2016, 2018], Seifert and Galkowski [2016], Seifert and reported for Azerbaijan. Schultz [2009a, b], Seifert et al. [2017], Steiner et al. [2018], New data on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Azerbaijan 167

Wagner et al. [2017]. Where available, we compared our We list all 73 species collected by the author in samples with high quality images of the type specimens on Azerbaijan in 2017, and give numbers of localities as the AntWeb website [http://www.antweb.org]. defined in Table 1, and number of collected specimens for Images of ant specimens shown here were taken with a each species (w. – workers, q. – queens, m. – males). We Canon 80D photo camera with Canon MP-E 65 mm macro give comments to some records, and mark new species for lens and processed with CombineZM software. Azerbaijan with an asterisk *.

Table 1. List of localities (arranged chronologically) in Azerbaijan where ants were sampled in 2017. Таблица 1. Список местонахожденией муравьев в Азербайджане в 2017 году (в хронологическом порядке). , м m , Date / Locality Habitat Дата Местонахождение Местообитание сборов Altitude Coordinates Координаты Высота н.у.м Locality number № местонахождения

Baku (Philharmony Park) 40°21.8ʹN urban park 1 −15 17.08.2017 Баку (Парк Филармонии) 49°50.0ʹE городской парк (Ataturk Park) 40°24.2ʹN urban park 2 40 17.08.2017 Баку (парк Ататюрка) 49°51.0ʹE городской парк 3 km W of Khalanj, District 40°54.9ʹN deciduous (mostly oak) forest 3 620 18.08.2017 3км З с. Халандж, Хызынский р-н 49°0.8ʹE лиственный (преимущественно дубовый) лес 1.5 km SW of Afurgha, District 41°9.1ʹN dry stony grassland with some shrubs 4 850 19.08.2017 1.5 км ЮЗ с. Афурка, Кубинский р-н 48°36.0ʹE сухой каменистый луг с кустами 3.5 km E of Rustov, Quba District 41°14.9ʹN open deciduous forest / roadside 5 610 19.08.2017 3.5 км В с. Рустов, Кубинский р-н 48°37.5ʹE открытый лиственный лес / обочина дороги Quba, Quba District 41°21.8ʹN urban park 6 600 19.08.2017 Кубá, Кубинский р-н 48°30.8ʹE городской парк 4.5 km NE of Khudat, District 41°40.2ʹN forest edge on a partly wet ground 7 10 20.08.2017 4.5 км СВ Худата, Хачмазский р-н 48°42.6ʹE опушка леса, на частично влажном грунте Nabran, 41°45.3ʹN partly wet deciduous forest 8 −15 20.08.2017 Набрань, Хачмазский р-н 48°41.9ʹE частично влажный лиственный лес 3 km NW of Langi, District 41°34.7ʹN dry deserted field 9 260 20.08.2017 3 км СЗ с. Лынги, Кусарский р-н 48°30.9ʹE сухое опустыненное поле 4 km SW of Qirizdahna, Quba District 41°12.8ʹN stony ground along the roadside 10 1510 21.08.2017 4 км ЮЗ с. Кириздана, Кубинский р-н 48°16.0ʹE каменистая почва вдоль дороги 1 km NE of Khuray, Quba District 41°22.4ʹN dry open deciduous forest 11 970 21.08.2017 1 км СВ с. Хурай, Кубинский р-н 48°18.4ʹE сухой открытый лиственный лес 1 km NE of Laza, 41°18.1ʹN mountain stony grassland 12 1800 21.08.2017 1 км СВ с. Лаза, Гусарский р-н 48°7.3ʹE горный каменистый луг 8 km SW of Gilazi, Khizi District 40°51.0ʹN semi-desert 13 120 22.08.2017 8 км ЮЗ с. Гилязи, Хызынский р-н 49°15.1ʹE полупустыня 5 km NE of , 40°36.3ʹN dry deciduous forest 14 800 22.08.2017 5 км СВ Ахсу, Ахсуйский р-н 48°26.3ʹE сухой лиственный лес dry stony grassland / deciduous forest / river bank 1 km SW of Lahich, Ismailli District 40°50.3ʹN 15 1300 23.08.2017 1 км ЮЗ пос. Лагич, Исмаиллинский р-н 48°22.5ʹE сухой каменистый луг / лиственный лес / берег реки dry grassland with some shrubs / forest edge 2 km W of Lahich, Ismailli District 40°50.5ʹN 16 1150 24.08.2017 2 км З пос. Лагич, Исмаиллинский р-н 48°21.6ʹE сухой луг с небольшим количеством кустарников / опушка леса Lahich, Ismailli District 40°50.8ʹN garden 17 1220 24.08.2017 Пос. Лагич, Исмаиллинский р-н 48°23.0ʹE сад 1 km SE of Birinci Yeniyol, Ismailli District 40°44.9ʹN forest edge / pasture 18 1 км ЮВ с. Биринчи Ениёл, 740 25.08.2017 48°17.7ʹE опушка леса / пастбище Исмаиллинский р-н 168 G. Bračko168 G.

35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 Locality number № местонахождения Таблица 1(продолжение). Table 1(continuation). ЮЗ берегоз.Нохур District shore SW ofNohur Lake, С 2.5 км NofTopchu,2.5 km IsmailliDistrict 2.5 км ЮЗ с. с. ЮЗ 2.5 км ofYenikand, SW 2.5 km District Samukh СВ 2.5 км District ofDashkasan, NE 2.5 km с. СВ 3 км ofToghanali, NE 3 km District С оз.Гёйгёль,Гёйгёльский District Goygol Göygöl, N ofLake С 1.5 км District NofPoylu1.5 km qesebesi, ЮВЕвлаха, 3 км SE ofYevlakh,3 km District Юс. 1 км SofXanabad, Yevlakh1 km District Вс. 1 км EofCalayir,1 km District Вс. 1 км District Qakh EofIlisu, 1 km Зс. 1.5 км District WofDardoqqaz, 1.5 km СВ окраинаБелокан District Balakan ofBalakan, outskirts NE Белоканы District Balakan Balakan, 1 District ofKish, Shaki NE 1.5 km ЮВс. 3 км District Oghuz SE ofBideyiz, 3 km ЮОгуза, 12 км District Oghuz SofOghuz, 12 km .5 км СВ с. с. СВ .5 км с с Джалаир Илису . Топчу, . Пойлу, , Ханабад Дашкесана, Дашкесанский Дардогаз Тоганалы Местонахождение Белоканский Бидеиз Киш Еникенд , Огузский Locality Гахский , Евлахский Исмаиллинский Шекинский , Акстафинский , , Гахский Евлахский Огузский , , , , Габалинский Закатальский , Гёйгёльский Белоканский Самухский р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н

р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н 40°54.1 40°32.0 40°27.1 40°25.0 41°14.8 40°35.3 40°46.8 41°19.2 41°28.0 41°36.6 41°44.1 41°43.1 41°15.5 40°57.6 40°57.4 40°54.0 46°17.8 46°20.3 46°19.7 45°26.1 47°11.3 47°10.6 46°49.1 46°32.3 46°26.5 46°25.1 47°12.9 47°20.0 47°28.8 47°52.6 41°6.1 46°6.4 47°4.8 48°3.9 Coordinates ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ N ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ E E E ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Координаты 1070 1100 1200 1590 1350 380 630 390 640 710 100 210 220 300 510 10 80 Altitude, m Высота н.у.м, м частично влажныйлиственныйлес/обочина сухой открытыйлеснакаменистомсклоне/ частично влажныекустарниковыезарослис сухой кустарникснесколькимидеревьями / несколькими тополяминапесчанойпочве / on sandy soil / partly wet grassland with some some with grassland wet /partly on sandysoil сухой каменистыйсклонскустарникамии dry open forest onastony open slope dry partly wet shrubland with some poplar trees trees poplar some with shrubland wet partly mountain stony grassland with some shrubs some with mountain stony grassland partly wet deciduous forest deciduous wet partly dry rocky slope with some shrubs andtrees shrubs some with slope rocky dry dry shrubland with some trees some with shrubland dry dry grassland with some shrubs andtrees shrubs some with grassland dry частично влажныйлугскустарником/ кустарниковые зарослиснесколькими сухой лугскустарникамиидеревьями pine forest кустарниковые зарослинакамнях горный каменистыйлугскустами лиственный лес/сухоепастбище сухой открытыйлиственныйлес сосновый лес/лугсдеревьями обочина дорогисдеревьями deciduous forest deciduous shrubland with some trees some with shrubland dry open deciduous forest deciduous open dry открытый сосновыйлес тропа вдолькустаников shrubs / open pineforest /open shrubs roadside with some trees some with roadside частично влажныйлуг тропа вдолькраялеса park with poplar trees poplar park with path alongshrubland dry stony shrubland dry парк стополями

Местообитание городской парк /

влажный лес grassland with some trees some with grassland вдоль лугов деревьями деревьями urban park urban forest edge wet forest wet grassland grassland Habitat

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dry pasture dry

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roadside along roadside

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partly wet wet partly path along 28.08.2017 27.08.2017 27.08.2017 26.08.2017 26.08.2017 25.08.2017 31.08.2017 30.08.2017 30.08.2017 29.08.2017 29.08.2017 28.08.2017 28.08.2017 2.09.2017 1.09.2017 1.09.2017 1.09.2017 сборов Date Дата / body size and more dilute head sculpture. The true identity andmore sculpture. Thetrue dilute size head body darker include mostly Europe. from colour, They smaller differencesfrom the typical morphological 142 w., collected: 6 q.,3 m. specimens distribution. whiletrue area muschtaidica of synonym or as subspecies treated mostly formerly was species This A .

46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36

muschtaidica Locality number Notes. Material. Notes. Material. Таблица 1(окончание). Table 1(completion). List ofspecies List № местонахождения Aphaenogaster ЮАгджабеди,6 км SofAghjabadi, Aghjabadi6 km District 2 км В с. Вс. 2 км EofQaraguney,2 km District З 5 км Baku WofQobustan, 5 km Ю с.Гасанлы District Salyan S ofHesenli, с. Агалыкенд District Bilasuvar Aghalikand, СВ 2 км District Lerik ofGosmalijion, NE 2 km Юс. 3.5 км District Lerik SofBlaband, 3.5 km Сипиапарт District Astara Sipiapart, Зс. 2 км District Lankaran WofHirkan, 2 km с. ЮЗ 3.5 км District ofGirdani, Lankaran SW 3.5 km Ленкорань Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Aphaenogaster Salata and Borowiec [2018] redescribed [2018]redescribed andBorowiec Salata Individuals we collected show some show some wecollected Individuals Localities: 7, 8, 14, 26, 30. Number of specimens collected: 25 collected: ofspecimens 7,8,14,26,30.Number Localities: Localities: 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27. Number of 3,5,7,8,11,14,15,19,23,25,26,27.Number Localities: is probably restricted to the Caucasus to the Caucasus probably is restricted A Гобустана . Госмаляна

Гиркан Гарагуней gibbosa based on the material from Georgia. on the materialGeorgia. from based A Местонахождение , Блабанд Астаринский . Гирдани

, , Билясуварский Сальянский gibbosa

, subterranea Locality , Баку Ленкоранский (Latreille, 1798). (Latreille,

, , (Fig. 2) (Fig. Агджабединский , Сабирабадский Lerik , Лерикский Ленкоранский has western-Mediterranean western-Mediterranean has New data onthe data 169 ant Formicidae) fauna (Hymenoptera: New ofAzerbaijan р-н р-н (Latreille, 1798) (Latreille, р-н Emery, 1908 р-н р-н р-н р-н р-н Aphaenogaster Aphaenogaster A .

subterranea 39°57.6 39°41.3 39°23.0 38°41.2 38°42.5 38°32.0 38°39.9 38°46.9 38°45.5 39°59.4 48°52.5 49°21.2 48°35.0 48°23.2 48°25.5 48°42.9 48°46.5 48°44.9 48°51.3 47°29.4 40°4.9 49°5.7 Coordinates ʹ ʹ N ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ E ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ N N N N N N N N N N E E E E E E E E E E Координаты

w.

1230 1350 −20 −20 −25 −10 150 100 50 20 20 Altitude, m collected: 15 w.collected: 29 w.collected: 70 w., collected: 1 q.,11 m. of specimens 61 w.collected: of complete revision the onlyafter established samples shall be of Azerbaijanian Высота н.у.м, м обочина скустарниками/открытыйдубовый dry pasture with some shrubs some with pasture dry сухое опустыненноеполенапесчаномгрунте pasture roadside with some shrubs some with roadside Material. Material. Material. Material. Material. Material. пастбище /кустарниксдеревьямина сухое пастбищескустарниками/ Camponotus turkestanicus Camponotus grassland with some poplar trees poplar some with grassland Camponotus atricolor Camponotus

Camponotus aethiops Camponotus / dry deserted fieldsoil onsandy deserted dry * луг снесколькимитополями

Camponotus fallax Camponotus shrubland with some trees onsandysoil trees some with shrubland Camponotus lateralis Camponotus roadside with some shrubs some with roadside Localities: 6, 18, 26, 28. Number of specimens collected: ofspecimens 6,18,26,28.Number Localities: Localities: 4, 5, 16, 18, 29, 42, 43, 44. Number of specimens ofspecimens Number 4,5,16,18,29,42,43, 44. Localities: Localities: 4, 7, 9, 13, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39, 42, 43. Number Number 4,7,9,13,29,30,31,35,36,39,42, 43. Localities: обочина скустарниками голый скалистыйсклон roadside with some trees some with roadside Localities: 3, 7, 14, 18, 25, 39. Number of specimens of specimens 3,7, 14, 18, 25, 39. Number Localities: Localities: 30, 35, 44, 45, 46. Number of specimens ofspecimens 46.Number 30,35,44,45, Localities: обочина сдеревьями песчаном грунте лиственный лес лиственный лес Местообитание deciduous forest deciduous городской парк bare rocky slope bare rocky полупустыня semi-desert urban park urban A Habitat . лес

subterranea

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(Nylander, 1856) open oak forest oak open

deciduous forest deciduous

(Nylander, 1849) (Latreille, 1798) (Latreille, (Olivier, 1792) group. Emery, 1887

6.09.2017 5.09.2017 5.09.2017 4.09.2017 4.09.2017 3.09.2017 9.09.2017 8.09.2017 7.09.2017 7.09.2017 6.09.2017 сборов Date Дата / 4 w. 170 G. Bračko

*Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003 Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

Material. Locality: 25. Number of specimens collected: 18 w. Material. Localities: 7, 15, 19, 30, 42. Number of specimens collected: 50 w.

Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913 Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902

Material. Localities: 20, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 36, 37, 40, 42, 45. Material. Locality: 46. Number of specimens collected: 29 w. Number of specimens collected: 70 w. *Lasius bombycina Seifert et Galkowski, 2016 *Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892 Material. Localities: 4, 10, 11. Number of specimens collected: 23 w. Material. Localities: 31, 46. Number of specimens collected: 19 w. Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798) Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849) Material. Locality: 8. Number of specimens collected: 9 w. Material. Localities: 9, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45. Number of specimens collected: 89 w. Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)

Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833) Material. Localities: 10, 12, 15, 27, 32. Number of specimens collected: 77 w., 1 q., 9 m. Material. Localities: 13, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 43, 44, 45, 46. Number of specimens collected: 61 w. *Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935

Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808) Material. Localities: 15, 19, 26, 28, 32. Number of specimens collected: 39 w., 1 q. Material. Localities: 8, 21, 25, 26. Number of specimens collected: 9 w. Lasius myops Forel, 1894 Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853) Material. Locality: 42. Number of specimens collected: 15 w., 2 q., 3 m. Material. Localities: 3, 7, 8, 14, 18, 22, 25, 26, 31, 35, 39, 40. Number of specimens collected: 212 w. *Lasius neglectus/turcicus complex Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877 Material. Localities: 1, 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 25, 26, 28, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 44. Number of specimens collected: 280 w. Material. Localities: 2, 29, 30, 36, 43. Number of specimens collected: 79 w. Notes. The status of both taxa, L. neglectus Van Loon, Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771) Boomsma et Andrasfalvy, 1990 and L. turcicus Santschi, 1921, is still under discussion. Populations of both Material. Localities: 7, 8, 14, 18, 26, 28, 39. Number of specimens taxa show differences in biology and ecology and quite collected: 35 w. expressed morphometric differences in males (these are less expressed in female castes), which could indicate that Formica clara Forel, 1886 these are two distinct species [Seifert, 2000b]. However, preliminary molecular studies suggest conspecifity of both Material. Localities: 1, 4, 8, 10, 16, 19, 20, 26, 28, 30, 35, 38, 42. Number of specimens collected: 85 w. taxa, which confirms hypothesis of two ecomorphotypes of one species. *Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 *Lasius obscuratus Stitz, 1930 Material. Locality: 19. Number of specimens collected: 7 w. Material. Localities: 3, 11, 12, 15, 16, 42. Number of specimens Formica cf. forsslundi collected: 52 w., 5 q. (Fig. 3) *Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991 Material. Locality: 12. Number of specimens collected: 20 w. Notes. Seifert [2000a] pointed out that population of Material. Locality: 28. Number of specimens collected: 15 w. F. forsslundi Lohmander, 1949 from the Caucasus differs from European population in few characters, and later *Lasius cf. platythorax Schultz and Seifert [2007] considered it as a separate undescribed species. Material. Locality: 10. Number of specimens collected: 7 w. Notes. Workers of this sample are similar to *Formica georgica Seifert, 2002 L. platythorax, but show reduced standing pilosity on underside of head, scapus and hind tibia. Material. Localities: 4, 10, 15, 23, 25, 27, 32, 34. Number of specimens collected: 96 w. Lepisiota caucasica (Santschi, 1917) (Fig. 4) Formica picea Nylander, 1846 Material. Localities: 13, 22, 29, 35, 45. Number of specimens Material. Locality: 12. Number of specimens collected: 31 w., 1 q., 1 m. collected: 45 w. New data on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Azerbaijan 171

Figs 2–7. Lateral view of the body of ant workers. 2 – Aphaenogaster subterranea from locality 11; 3 – Formica cf. forsslundi from locality 12; 4 – Lepisiota caucasica from locality 29; 5 – Messor caducus from locality 44; 6 – Temnothorax cf. recedens from locality 25; 7 – Tetramorium cf. caespitum from locality 27. Scale bars 1 mm. Рис. 2–7. Муравьи-рабочие, вид сбоку. 2 – Aphaenogaster subterranea, местонахождение 11; 3 – Formica cf. forsslundi, местонахождение 12; 4 – Lepisiota caucasica, местонахождение 29; 5 – Messor caducus, местонахождение 44; 6 – Temnothorax cf. recedens, местонахождение 25; 7 – Tetramorium cf. caespitum, местонахождение 27. Масштабные линейки 1 мм. 172 G. Bračko

Notes. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 needs to Notes. Two closely related socially parasitic species be revised. The above listed samples were identified as M. ravouxi (André, 1896), known from southern and L. caucasica, which is by some authors treated as a valid , and M. tamarae (Arnol’di, 1968), apparently species [Borowiec, 2014], but by others as a synonym of restricted to the Caucasus, can be safely separated only L. frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855) [Arakelian, 1994]. by multidisciplinary comparison [Gratiashvili et al., 2014]. Based on morphometry our sample was closer to *Lepisiota syriaca (André, 1881) M. ravouxi, but for more certain identification molecular analysis is needed (N. Gratiashvili, pers. comm. 2019). The Material. Locality: 13. Number of specimens collected: 10 w. host species was Temnothorax tauricus. Messor caducus (Victor, 1839) Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905 (Fig. 5) Material. Localities: 7, 9, 18, 22, 25, 29, 35, 38, 40, 42, 43, 46. Number Material. Localities: 9, 29, 30, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46. Number of specimens of specimens collected: 119 w. collected: 134 w., 4 q. Notes. All our samples belong to subspecies M. caducus caucasicola Arnol’di, 1977. *Plagiolepis arnoldii Dlussky, Soyunov et Zabelin, 1990

Localities: 3, 7, 18, 21, 46. Number of specimens collected: 26 w. Messor melancholicus Arnol’di, 1977 Material.

Material. Localities: 41, 42. Number of specimens collected: 45 w. Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889

Messor muticus (Nylander, 1849) Material. Localities: 4, 5, 9, 16, 18, 20, 31, 36, 41. Number of specimens collected: 72 w. Material. Localities: 4, 5, 15, 19, 24, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 43, 46. Notes. According to Salata et al. [2018], a taxon Number of specimens collected: 202 w., 1 q. considered as P. pallescens sensu Radchenko, characterised Notes. Integrative study applied by Steiner by dense pubescence on gaster tergites, is described as a et al. [2018] showed that traditionally known taxon Messor new species P. perperamus, while species with sparse “structor ” (Latreille, 1798) comprises of five distinct pubescence, before also known under the name P. taurica species. Based on their studied material only M. muticus Santschi, 1920, is redescribed as P. pallescens Forel, 1889. occurs in the Caucasus area. Since their study is based on the material from eastern Mediterranean, the taxonomic status of Plagiolepis species Monomorium ruzskyi Dlussky et Zabelin, 1985 from the Caucasus area needs to be confirmed in further revisions. Material. Localities: 13, 29, 30, 35, 36, 44, 45. Number of specimens collected: 111 w. *Plagiolepis perperamus Salata, Borowiec Myrmica caucasicola Arnol’di, 1934 et Radchenko, 2018

Material. Locality: 10. Number of specimens collected: 1 w. Material. Localities: 1, 13, 31, 37, 39, 40. Number of specimens collected: 33 w. Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926 Notes. See notes under P. pallescens.

Material. Localities: 15, 26, 28, 33, 42. Number of specimens Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802) collected: 83 w., 1 q., 2 m. Material. Localities: 23, 34. Number of specimens collected: 15 w., 4 m. Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846 *Ponera testacea Emery, 1895 Material. Locality: 12. Number of specimens collected: 20 w. Material. Locality: 5. Number of specimens collected: 1 w. Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846 *Proformica epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 Material. Localities: 10, 12, 32. Number of specimens collected: 27 w. Material. Localities: 9, 41. Number of specimens collected: 17 w. *Myrmica salina Ruzsky, 1905 Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) Material. Localities: 20, 30, 31. Number of specimens collected: 24 w., 3 m. Material. Localities: 4, 11, 22, 26, 39. Number of specimens collected: 160 w., 3 q., 3 m. *Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918 Notes. The genus Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 from Western Palaearctic needs to be revised. Following the Material. Localities: 7, 8, 10, 17, 19, 40, 42. Number of specimens collected: 77 w., 5 m. key in Dlussky and Radchenko [1994], workers with sides of head convex were identified as S. fugax. In several other *Myrmoxenus cf. ravouxi species known from the region (S. deserticola Ruzsky, 1905, S. juliae (Arakelian, 1991), S. ilinei Santschi, 1936, and Material. Locality: 15. Number of specimens collected: 6 w., 4 q., 6 m. S. nitida (Dlussky et Radchenko, 1994)), where workers New data on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Azerbaijan 173 show more parallel head sides (as in our sample from the *Temnothorax cf. recedens locality 15), safe distinguishing between species is only (Fig. 6) possible in sexuals. Material. Locality: 25. Number of specimens collected: 7 w. Solenopsis sp. Notes. This sample belongs to T. recedens group, but it is not conspecific with any of the species of this group Material. Locality: 15. Number of specimens collected: 25 w. known from eastern Mediterranean, i.e. T. antigoni (Forel, Notes. See notes under S. fugax. 1911), T. finzii (Menozzi, 1925), T. recedens (Nylander, 1856), T. rogeri Emery, 1869 and T. solerii (Menozzi, 1936) Strongylognathus rehbinderi Forel, 1904 [Salata, Borowiec, 2015] (L. Borowiec, pers. comm. 2019).

Material. Locality: 40. Number of specimens collected: 30 w. Temnothorax shelkovnikovi (Karavaiev, 1926)

Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798) Material. Locality: 30. Number of specimens collected: 17 w., 1 q.

Material. Localities: 4, 35, 40. Number of specimens collected: 45 w. *Temnothorax tauricus (Ruzsky, 1902)

Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925 Material. Locality: 4, 10, 15, 16, 25, 27, 34. Number of specimens collected: 150 w., 3 q. Material. Localities: 5, 15, 27, 46. Number of specimens collected: 88 w., 1 q. *Tetramorium cf. caespitum (Fig. 7) *Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861 Material. Locality: 27. Number of specimens collected: 37 w. Locality: 1. Number of specimens collected: 20 w. Material. Notes. See notes under T. immigrans. Notes. This is one of the species of the T. nigerrimum complex which has a strong invasive potential [Seifert et al., *Tetramorium caucasicum Wagner, Arthofer, Seifert, 2017]. In the Mediterranean area it is abundant in degraded Muster, Steiner et Schlick-Steiner, 2017 areas with significant anthropogenic influence and was already reported from several cities in central and western Material. Locality: 42. Number of specimens collected: 2 w. Europe. These ants were abundant in urban park in central Notes. See notes under T. immigrans. Baku (Philharmony Park), and they acted aggressively. *Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911 Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert et Csősz, 2015 Material. Locality: 9. Number of specimens collected: 9 w. Material. Localities: 11, 14, 16, 26, 28. Number of specimens collected: 15 w. Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927 Notes. The revision of T. nylanderi group [Seifert, Csősz, 2015; Csősz et al., 2015] showed that of the three Material. Localities: 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46. Number of specimens collected: parapatric closely related species, T. nylanderi (Foerster, 443 w. 1850), T. crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926) and T. crasecundus, Notes. According to the latest taxonomical revision only the latter occupies eastern part of the range. So, of the Tetramorium caespitum complex [Wagner et al., older records for T. nylanderi or T. crassispinus from the 2017], ten species are present in Europe. We collected Caucasus should be attributed to this species. four species of the complex, T. caucasicum, T. immigrans, T. indocile, and one probably still undescribed species *Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852) (T. cf. caespitum) not included in the mentioned revision. Material. Localities: 4, 5, 7, 27. Number of specimens collected: 70 w., 1 q. Out of them, T. immigrans was by far the most common, but also of all ants sampled in this study – it was found on Temnothorax cf. nadigi 27 localities all together.

Material. Locality: 28. Number of specimens collected: 2 w. *Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927 Notes. Our sample differs from typicalT . nadigi (Kutter, 1925) from central Europe by unicolorous Material. Localities: 10, 41. Number of specimens collected: 23 w. yellowish-brown head and mesosoma, less pronounced Notes. See notes under T. immigrans. sculpture and higher petiole with longer peduncle. Two other taxa, T. caucasicus (Arnol’di, 1977) and T. hasardaghi *Tetramorium moravicum Novák et Sadil, 1941 (Dlussky et Zabelin, 1985), currently treated as synonym Material. Localities: 11, 15. Number of specimens collected: 30 w. of T. nadigi, are known from the Caucasus and western Kopet Dag, respectively, so we cannot give certain species *Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927 determination at this stage. Material. Locality: 9, 30. Number of specimens collected: 13 w. *Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852) Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko, 1997) Material. Localities: 3, 8, 33, 39. Number of specimens collected: 88 w., 2 q. Material. Localities: 29, 30. Number of specimens collected: 20 w. 174 G. Bračko

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Received / Поступила: 26.03.2019 Accepted / Принята: 21.06.2019