02165nas a2200181 4500008004100000245016600041210006900207260001200276300000800288490000600296520150400302653002601806653002301832653003101855653002901886100002201915856004601937 2005 eng d00aRank elevation in two European ant species: Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857, stat.n. and Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931, stat.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).0 aRank elevation in two European ant species Myrmica lobulicornis  c2005-09 a1-70 v73 a

Elevation to species level is performed for Myrmica lobicornis var. lobulicornis NYLANDER, 1857 and Myrmica sabuleti var. spinosior SANTSCHI, 1931. Myrmica lobulicornis is established as senior synonym of M. arduennae var. pyrenaea BONDROIT, 1918, M. lobicornis ssp. alpina STÄRCKE, 1927, and M. lobicornis ssp. apennina STÄRCKE, 1927; and M. lobicornis NYLANDER, 1846, as senior synonym of M. lobicornis ssp. arduennae BONDROIT, 1911, M. lobicornis lobicornis var. lissahorensis STÄRCKE, 1927, M. lobicornis ssp. angustifrons STÄRCKE, 1927, and M. lobicornis st. foreli SANTSCHI, 1931. The use of standardized morphometrics and discriminant functions enabled a safe allocation of any nest sample including the type samples to M. lobulicornis, M. lobicornis and M. wesmaeli BONDROIT, 1918 with an error probability of p < 0.0007. The discrimination between M. sabuleti and M. spinosior was possible in 99 % of 133 nest samples with p < 0.007. The type sample of M. spinosior was allocated with an error probability of p = 0.006. Comparative morphometric and zoogeographical data of the six European species of the M. lobicornis and M. sabuleti complex are given.

10adiscriminant analysis10alectotype fixation10aMyrmica lobicornis complex10aMyrmica sabuleti complex1 aSeifert, Bernhard uhttps://greekants.myspecies.info/node/46900889nas a2200145 4500008004100000245012700041210006900168260001500237300001000252490000600262520038700268100002200655700002000677856004600697 1999 eng d00aCarrying of a worker pupa by a single-dispersing foundress of Acropyga paleartica Menozzi, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).0 aCarrying of a worker pupa by a singledispersing foundress of Acr c1999-12-20 a63-650 v33 a

An alate queen of Acropyga paleartica MENOZZI, 1936 was observed to carry a worker pupa during dispersal for independent colony foundation. The observed behaviour is suspected to represent a redirected activity in connection with the fixed behavioural mechanism of Acropyga to carry a coccoid larva during dispersal, mating, and nest foundation.

1 aSeifert, Bernhard1 aHeller, Gerhard uhttps://greekants.myspecies.info/node/468