DIVERSITY AND AUTECOLOGY OF WOOD ANTS IN CENTRAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (FORMICIDAE: FORMICA S. STR.)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54652/rsf.2015.v45.i1.96Keywords:
Formica, wood ants, Bosnia, coniferous forests, conservationAbstract
UDK: 595.796(497.6)
In this paper new data on diversity of wood ants in Bosnia and Herzegovina are
presented. First record of Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804 from Duboštica is
reported for Bosnia and Herzegovina. With this new finding total number of species
from subgenus Formica s. str. known in Bosnia and Herzegovina is raised on five.
Analysis of wood ants in central Bosnia indicated presence of Formica rufa Linnaeus,
1761 on mountains Trebevic, Ozren, Perun while Formica polyctena Förster, 1850
was collected only on Mt. Čemerska.
Morphometrical and ethological intermediary indicate different Formica rufa
phenotypes or hybrid Formica rufa x polyctena in investigated area. Polydomy was
observed in Formica polyctena and F. rufa. On the mountain Perun 30 colonies of
Formica rufa in one kilometer transect were found, which represents the highest
known density in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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