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CONTRIBUTION TO THE MYRMECO.FAUNA (FORMIClDAE, ) OF VOJVODINA (SERBIA). I. Z. Petrov, Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SR Yugoslavia

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Myrmecofauna of Serbia is still insufficiently investi­ microcephalum, Polyergus rufescens) and Eurasian (Tetramo­ gated. Two entomologists (Zivojinovic 1950, and Vogrin rium forte) species are present too. Six Mediterranean species 1955) payed some attention to the and listed some (Messor structor, Bothriomyrmex meridionalis, Camponotus speeies among other species. piccus, Cataglyphis aencscens, C nodus, pratensis) At the end of the 20th century, Petrov (1986) regis­ (Stitz 1939; Bernard 1968; Collingwood 1979; Seifert tered 8 genera and 12 species on the Jastrebac Mt. (Serbia). 1988; Paraschivescu 1993) (Tablel ) were also found. Petrov and Mesaros (1988) found 9 genera and 14 species Comparing the composition of myrmecofauna of Voj­ on the Stara Planina Mt. (Serbia). Petrov (1992) listed 55 vodina with myrmecofaunas of neighbouring countries it can species known for Serbia by that time. Petrov and Colling­ he seen that it is very similar to the faunas of Rumania and wood (1993) described a new species (Formica balcanina[ Hungary. Namely, Paraschivsecu (1969) reported 74 spe­ from the F. cinerea group, which replaces F. cinerea at the Bal­ cies found in Rumania and among them, 45 species are com­ kan Peninsula. The holotype was taken from Rosijana (Deli­ mon with the ant species collected in Vojvodina. Also P a-' blatska Pescara Deliblato Sands, Banat Province, Vojvodina, raschivescu (1993) registered 33 species from the region of Serbia) (15.7.1987), about 70 km northeast from Belgrade. Danube river in Rumania. This time 22 species were collected Petrov (1995) gave a preliminary list of ants of Yugoslavia in Vojvodina as well. and registered 136 species of which 92 species were registered Galle (1972) presented 35 species from sandy pastures in Serbia. Collingwood and Petrov (1999) registered 17 and clearings of the region of Hungary between Tisa and Da­ new species in the myrmecofauna of Yugoslavia and Serbia. nube rivers (Asatthalom, Sashcvcr Balot-puszta) and among Petrov (2000) gave a checklist of ants of Yugoslavia and re­ these species, 27 were found in Vojvodina too. The same gistered 160 species. Among them 140 species are from Serbia. author (1981) listed 31 species of the Hortobagy National park About myrmecofauna of Vojvodina there are only a few (Hungary) and among them, 25 species were also found in data. Gra d ojevic (1963) registered 11 species of ants of Vojvodina. Galle et al. (1998) in the checklist of Hungarian Deliblato Sands. Petrov (1994) registered 32 species in Deli­ ants reported 101 species of ants. From that list 51 species were blato Sands. Petrov (2002), listed 14 more species in the registered in Vojvodina as well. myrmecofauna of Deliblato Sands, and Pet r 0 v (2002a), Both mentioned authors registered some Mediterranean registered 67 species in the myrmecofauna of the Banat species; Paraschivescu: Messor structor, Tetramorium. semilaeve, Province. Bothriomyrmex meridionalis, Cataglyphis aenescens, Campono­ Ant species (Formicidae) presented here were collected tus piceus in the region of Danuhe river in Rumania and in 116 localities. Ants were collected by accidental findings, Galle: Mcssor structor, Tctramorium semilaeve, Camponotus and searching for potential nests, during spring and summer of piccus, Cataglyphis aenescens, C. nodus in Hungary. Galle didn't 1997, 1998. Some specimens of earlier years were also involved give any explanation for the presence of Meditarranean species in this list. in Hungary, hut Paraschivescu explained the presence of these Identification was done by using the following keys: species in Rumania by a direct inlluence of the Mediterranean Agosti and Collingwood (1987), Coollingwood (1978, climate in that part of Rumania. One explanation of their pre­ 1979) Seifret (1988, 1988a, 1996), Atanasov and Dlussky sence in Vojvodina could be that they are probahly remnants of (1992). Data by Agosti and Collingwood (1987a), fauna of the region of Pannonian sea area. Baroni- Urbani (1971), Bolton (1994, 1995) was also used. Although Vojvodina is a large agricultural area with Collected myrmecological material consists of 22 genera and great inlluece of human activities and seems to be of very mo­ 77 species which belong to four subfamilies (Ponerinae, Myr­ notonous view, the composition of its myrmecofauna shows micinae, , Formicinae) (Table 1). The com­ the variety of habitats. Namely, the species which prefer open, position of collected species shows that they are mostly with warm, habitats (Tetramorium caespitum, Tapinoma erraticum, Palearctic ( rubra, M. scabrinodis, M. schencki, M. sul­ Plagiolepis virulobonensis, Cataglyphis aenescens, C. nodus, cinodis, Solenopsis [ugax, Tetramorium caespitum, Camponotus Formica balcanina, F. cunicularia, F. rufibarbis, Polyergus rufes­ herculeanus, Formica cunicularia, F. fusca, F. sanguinea) and cens) are present. But, also the species which prefer more co­ European (Myrmica rubra, M. scabrinodis, M. schencki, M. sul­ vered habitats (Myrmica rubra, M. sabuleti, Formica pratensis) cinodis, Solenopsis [ugax, Tetramorium caespitum, Lasius brun­ and those which tolerate humid habitats (Myrmica scabrinodis, neus, Camponotus herculeanus, Formica cu- nicularia, F. [usca, Lasius flavus, L. [uliginosus) (S titz 1939; Be rnar d 1968; F. sanguinea] distribution. South European ( Collingw ood 1979) were found (Table 1).

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Table 1. List of ant species (Formicidae) ofVojvodina Looking at the list of ants presented here and comparing it with the checklist of Hungarian ants (G a lie 199S) it is Subfam.: PONERINAE Subfam.: DOLICHODERINAE obvious that myrrnccofuunu of Vojvodina is surely richer than presented here, because there must be more common species Ponera coarctata Dolichoderus quadripunctatus which probably could be found by more intensive searching. (Latreille) 1802 (L.) 1771 P. ochracea Mayr 1855 Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer) 1798 Acknowledgement -[ want to express my gratitude to Mrs. Pavelka Bothriomyrmex menozii Emery 1925 ('iric, Inst. of Zoo!., Fac, of BioI., Univ, of Belgrade, for her help in Subfam.: MYRMlCINAE B. meridionalis Roger 1863 writing the English version of the text. Myrmica hellenica Fore! 1846 Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille) 1798 This research was supported by the Ministry for Science, M. lobicomis Nylander [846 T. nigerrium Nylander 1886 Technology and Development of the Republic of Serbia (Project code 1533). AI. rubra (L.) 1758 111. ruginodis Nylander 1846 Subfam.: FORMICINAE M. rugulosa Nylander 1849 Plagiolepis pvgmaea (Latreille) 1798 References: Agosti, D. and Collingwood, C. A. (1987). Bull. M. sabuleti Meinert 186/ P. vindobonensis Lomnicki 1925 Soc. Entomol. Suisse 60, 261-293. Agosti, D. and Collingwood, C. Blill. Soc. Entomol. Suisse M. sancta Karawajev 1926 Prenolepis nitens (Mayr) 1852 A. (1987a). 60, 51-62. Atansov, N. N. and Dlussky, G. M. (1992). Aedibus Academiae Scien­ AI. scabrinodis Nylander 1846 Lasius alinus (Forster) 1850 tarium Bulguricuc 22, 1-311 Baroni-Urbani, C. (1971). Me­ L. balcanicus Seifert 1988 M. schencki Emery 1859 moire della Soc. Entomol. Italiana 50, 2S7 pp. Bernard, F. M. specioides Bondroit 1918 L. distiguendus (Latreille) 1798 (196S). Masson ct Cie cd.. 1-411 Bollton, B. (1994). Harvard AI. sulcinodis Nylander 1846 L. emarginatus (Olivier) 1791 University, Press. 1-222 Bollton, B. (1995). Harvard University, M.sp. Li flavus (Fabricius) 1781 Press, 1-5U4 Collingwood. C. A. (1978). £05. 52, 65-95. Col­ Stenamma westwoodi West­ L. [uliginosus (Latreille) J798 lingwood. C. 1\. (1979). Fauna EIII. Scand. 8, 1-174 Galle, L. wood 1840 (1972). Acta BioI. Sieged 18, 159-164. Galle. L. (1981). The Messor denticulatus K. Uaamski L. meridionalis (Bondroit) 1918 [auna of"the National Park, 3U7-311. Galle. L., Csosz, S., Tar­ 1927 - tally A. and Kovacs, E. (1998). Folia Entomol. Hung. 59. M. structor (Latreille) 1798 L. mixtus (Nylander) 1846 213-22U. Gradojcvic, Z. (1963). Doktorska disertacija. Pri­ Pheido/epallidula L. niger(L.) 1758 rodnomotcmatickijakultet. Beograd, 1-233. Petrov, 1. Z. (1986). (Nylander) 1849 Blill. Mus. ut« Nat. Belgrade B41, 109-114. Petrov, 1. Z. graminicola Camponotus aethiops (Latreille) 1798 (Latr.) 1802 (1992). Blill. MilS. tn« Nat. Belgrade B47. 247-259. Petrov, I. Z. (1994). Bios (Macedonia. Greece) 2, 251-256. Petrov,1. Z. AI. latreilleiCurtis 1829 C. atricolor (Nylander) 1849 (1995) Arch. Bioi. Sci. Belgrade, 47 151-156. Petrov, 1. Solenopsisi fugax C. fallax Nylander 1856 (Latreille) 1798 Z. (2UUU). Arch. Bioi. Sci. 52 243-249. Petrov, I. Z. (2U02). Arch. Bioi. Sci. 54, 171'lSI'. Pctrov, I. Z. (2002a). Arch. BioI. S. wolfi Emery 1915 C. herculeanus (L.) 1758 Sci. 54, 57-64. Pctrov, 1. Z. i Mesaros, G. (1988). Biosisite­ Leptothoraxaffinis Mayr 1855 C. ligniperdus (Latreille) 1802 matika 14, 43-5U. Petrov. 1. Z. and Collingwood. C. A. (1993). L. clypeatus Mayr 1853 C. piceus (Leach) 1825 EliI'. J. Entomol. 90, 349-354. Seifert, B. (1988). Abh. Bel'. L. flavicomis Emery 1879 C. truncatus (Spinola) 1808 Naturkundcmus, Gorlitz, 62. 1-75. Seifert, B. (1988a). Entomol. L. interruptus (Schenck) 1852 C. vagrlS (Scopoli) 1763 Abh. Mus. Dresden. 51, S, 143-180. Seifert, B. (1996). Natur­ L. nylanderi Foerster 1850 C. vogti Forel 1906 buck Verlag, Wcltbild Verlag, GmblI, Augsburg, 1-352 Vogrin, L. racovitzai Bondroit 1918 Cataglyphis aenescens (Nyl.) 1849 V. (1955). Zastita bilja Beograd 31. Zimmermann, S. (1934). L. unifasciatus Latreille 1798 C. nodus Brulle 1802 Souder. Vcrhandl. Zool Botan. Ges. Wien, 84 (12), 165. Zivojinovic, S. (1950). SANU Beograd. Pos. izd. 160,2,1-162. Cardiocondyla elegans Formica balcanina Petrov & Emery 1869 Tetramorinm caespitum Collingwood 1993 (L.) 1758 T. chefteki Forel 1911 F. cunicularia Latreille 1798 T. diomedaeum F.[usca L. 1758 Ag. & Coli. 1987 T.[orte Forel 1904 F. gagales Latreille 1798 T. hippocratis Ag. & Coli. 1987 F. glauca Ruzsky 1895 T. impurum Foerster 1850 F. pratensis Retzius 1783 T. lucidulum Emery 1909 F. rufibarbis Fabricius 1793 T. moravicunt Kralochvil1944 F. sanguinea Latreille 1798 T. semilaeve Andre 1883 Polyergusrufescens Latreille 1798