Biologia, Bratislava, 61/5: 630, 2006 Section Zoology DOI: 10.2478/s11756-006-0110-0
Faunistical Notes
Myrmica lonae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – first records in Slovakia Michal Wiezik Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Science, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, SK–96053 Zvolen, Slovakia; e-mail:
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Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926 Material examined: C Slovakia, Štiavnické vrchy Mts, Kamenné more, in the vicinity of Vyhne, (48◦ 30.55 N, 18◦ 47.35 E), 450 m a.s.l., S-SE exp., 9.V.2006, 1 ¾¾, leg., det. et coll. M. Wiezik; 23.VI.2006, 20 ¾¾ from single colony, leg. et det. M. Wiezik, coll. W. Czechowska et M. Wiezik; C Slovakia, Štiavnické vrchy Mts, Malá Šprochová, Vyhne – 1 km E, (48◦ 29.88 N, 18◦ 49.40 E), 420 m a.s.l., SW exp., 23.VI.2006, 20 ¾¾ from single colony, leg, det. et coll. M. Wiezik. First records from Slovakia. Known distribution: Species known from separate sites in S Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, W Ukraine, Austria, N Italy, Croatia, Romania, Russia, N Kazachstan (CZECHOWSKI et al., 2002), Belgium, Slovenia and Yugoslavia (RADCHENKO, 2005). M. lonae prevailingly inhabits xerothermous woodlands, although it occurs also within open xerothermous sites and peat bogs (SEIFERT, 2000). Both colonies were found under rocks on xerothermous grassland slope close to the forest edge. The forest consisted mainly of Quercus petraea, Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris. M. lonae occurred together with few dominant ant species, mainly Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861, Formica gagates Latreille, 1798, Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792) and Leptothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798).
c 2006 Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Acknowledgements Author would like to thank Dr. W. CZECHOWSKA for the confirmation of identification. The research was funded by VEGA grant No. 1/3283/06. References CZECHOWSKI, W., RADCHENKO, A. & CZECHOWSKA, W. 2002. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Poland. Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, Warszawa, 200 pp. RADCHENKO, A. 2005. Fauna Europaea: Formicidae. In: NOYES, J. (ed.) Fauna Europaea: Hymenoptera: Apocrita. Fauna Europaea version 1.2, http://www.faunaeur.org. 21.8.2006. SEIFERT, B. 2000. Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926 – a species separate from Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. G¨ orlitz 72: 195–205. Received August 4, 2006 Accepted August 18, 2006
