Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Abstract. Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) is redescribed basing on a new material from southwestern Turkey (Antalya province), Lesbos and Rhodes (Greece, Aegean and Dodecanese islands). The gyne of this species is described for the first time. Temnothorax curtisetosus, a new species of social par...

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Autores principales: Salata, Sebastian, Borowiec, Lech
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4602300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26478702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.523.6103
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description Abstract. Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) is redescribed basing on a new material from southwestern Turkey (Antalya province), Lesbos and Rhodes (Greece, Aegean and Dodecanese islands). The gyne of this species is described for the first time. Temnothorax curtisetosus, a new species of social parasite collected in a nest of Temnothorax antigoni, is described. Colour photos of both taxa are given. A key to the worker caste of the eastern Mediterranean species belonging to both Temnothorax recedens and Temnothorax muellerianus groups are provided.
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spelling pubmed-46023002015-10-16 Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Salata, Sebastian Borowiec, Lech Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) is redescribed basing on a new material from southwestern Turkey (Antalya province), Lesbos and Rhodes (Greece, Aegean and Dodecanese islands). The gyne of this species is described for the first time. Temnothorax curtisetosus, a new species of social parasite collected in a nest of Temnothorax antigoni, is described. Colour photos of both taxa are given. A key to the worker caste of the eastern Mediterranean species belonging to both Temnothorax recedens and Temnothorax muellerianus groups are provided. Pensoft Publishers 2015-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4602300/ /pubmed/26478702 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.523.6103 Text en Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_full Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_fullStr Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_short Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_sort redescription of temnothorax antigoni (forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from turkey (hymenoptera, formicidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4602300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26478702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.523.6103
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