Fauna and ecological features of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the southeast of the Crimean Peninsula

Abstract

The faunistic data is presented for the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) sampled in 2019–2020 in the southeast of Crimea. In total, 28 species belonging to 16 genera and 4 subfamilies have been collected and identified. Fourteen species are new records for the Karadag Nature Reserve, and Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850) is recorded for the first time for the fauna of the Crimean Peninsula.

Keywords

• ponerinae
• dolichoderinae
• formicinae
• myrmicinae
• karadag nature reserve
• state nature reserve “mountain range tepe-oba”
• malaise traps
• merike traps