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Abstract:
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Preséntanse as primeiras citas galegas para dez especies de formícidos: Goniomma hispanicum (André, 1883), Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859), Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859), Myrmica karavajevi (Arnoldi, 1930), Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931, Myrmica xavieri Radchenko, Elmes & Savolainen, 2008, Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920, Stenamma debile (Förster, 1850), Temnothorax aveli (Bondroit, 1918) e Tetramorium alpestre Steiner, Schlick-Steiner & Seifert, 2010. Destaca la presencia de M. karavajevi, por ser a segunda cita ibérica para esta parasita social, e atoparse infestada polo raro fungo parasito Hormiscium myrmecophilum Thaxter, 1914. Ademais, coméntanse caracteres útiles á hora de identificalas.
Palabras clave: Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmica karavajevi, Hormiscium, Galicia, NO Península Ibérica, faunística. |
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Ten ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new for Galicia (NW Iberia). The first Galician records for ten ant species are presented: Goniomma hispanicum (André, 1883), Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859), Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859), Myrmica karavajevi (Arnoldi, 1930), Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931, Myrmica xavieri Radchenko, Elmes & Savolainen, 2008, Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920, Stenamma debile (Förster, 1850), Temnothorax aveli (Bondroit, 1918), and Tetramorium alpestre Steiner, Schlick-Steiner & Seifert, 2010. The occurrence of M. karavajevi is highlighted, for being the second Iberian record for this social parasite, and being found infested by the rare parasite fungus Hormiscium myrmecophilum Thaxter, 1914. Some useful characters for identification purposes are discussed.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmica karavajevi, Hormiscium, Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula, faunistics. |
