Abstract
We report on the occurrence of the ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 in two sites in Northern and Eastern Turkey. Leptothorax kutteri is a workerless inquiline living in the colonies of L. acervorum (Fabricius, 1793) so far known from various parts of Northern and Central Europe. Our findings greatly increase the range of this small and rare ant.
Highlights
Ant societies typically are protected against intruders or parasites through a highly efficient system of nestmate recognition
Queens of many inquiline ants live alongside the host queen and host workers and produce only sexual offspring, while host workers take over all daily duties, such as brood care, foraging, and nest defense
During the survey of the ant fauna of Turkey we found two colonies of L. acervorum containing very small queens, female sexuals, and pupae
Summary
Ant societies typically are protected against intruders or parasites through a highly efficient system of nestmate recognition. We here report on the occurrence of Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 (previously referred to as Doronomyrmex kutteri) from two sites in Northern and Eastern Turkey.
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