Savaria - A Vas Megyei Múzeumok értesítője 24/2. (1997) (Szombathely, 1997)

Radchenko, G. Alexander: The ant fauna of Őrség, Western Hungary (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

RADCHENKO, G. A. : The ant fauna of Őrség (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 19.06.1994, AR (18); Szaiafő [5], 15.06.1994, 27.06.1994, AR (22). — Inhabits meadows, usually rather dry, rarely edges of forests. Nesting previously in the soil. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Minor Asia, south of West Siberia, north of Kazakhstan. Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 — Felsőszölnök: Hampó-völgy [5], 17.06.1994, AR (19); Kétvölgy: Ritkaháza [5], 18.06.1994, AR (31); Orfalu [5], 18.06.1994, AR (25); Szaiafő [5], 15.06.1994, AR (34). — Inhabits meadows, rarely edges of forests. Nesting previously in the soil. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Minor Asia, south of West Siberia, north of Kazakhstan. Formica sanguinea Latreiile, 1798 — Farkasfa: Fekete-tó [5], 18.06.1994, AR (16); Kétvölgy: Ritkaháza [5], 22.06.1994, AR (18); Magyarszombatfa [5], 21.06.1994, AR (11); Orfalu [5], 18.06.1994, AR (17); Szalafo [5], 30.06.1994, AR (31). — Slave-making ants; use ants as slaves from subgenus Serviformica ifusca, cunicularia, rufibarbis etc.). Distribution: Transpalaearctic species. Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846 — Szaiafő [5], 17.06.1994, 30.06.1994, AR (47); Szőce [5], 26.06.1994, AR (26). — Inhabits meadows and steppe, nests are built from dead grasses and are similar to those of Formica rufa, but are not so large. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus. New for the Hungarian fauna. Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Farkasfa: Fekete-tó [2], 30.06.1994, AR (6); Kétvölgy: Ritkaháza [2], 01.07.1994, AR (14); Kondorfa: Lugos-patak völgye [2], 19.06.1994, AR (8); Szakonyfalu: Grajka-patak völgye [2], 24.06.1994, AR (13); Szaiafő [21 30.06.1994, AR (8). — Inhabits previously coniferous forests, nesting in the trunks of living trees, rarely in logs, stumps. Distribution: Boreal Transpalaearctic species. Camponotus ligniperdus (Latreille, 1802) — Apátistvánfal va: Zsida-patak völgye [2], 30.06.1994, AR (15); Orfalu [1], 18.06.1994, AR (19); Szakonyfalu: Grajka-patak völgye [2], 06.24.1994, AR (8); Szaiafő [1], 30.06.1994, AR (27). — Inhabits deciduous and mixed, rarely coniferous forests, nesting in the logs, stumps and in the soil under them. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Minor Asia, as far east as the Ural Mountains. Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763) — Kétvölgy: Ritkaháza [1], 18.06.1994, AR (27); Kondorfa: Lugos-patak völgye [1], 19.06.1994, AR (9); Magyarszombatfa [2], 21.06.1994; Szakonyfalu: Grajka-patak völgye [1], 24.06.1994, AR (16); Szalafo [2], 17.06.1994, AR (15). — Inhabits principally forest glades, edges, nesting in the logs, stumps and in the soil under them. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Minor Asia, as far east as Altai. Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1850) — Szakonyfalu: Grajka-patak völgye [1], 24.06.1994, AR (18); Szalafo [1], 27.06.1994, AR (33). — Inhabits forests, principally deciduous and mixed, nesting in dead branches on the trees. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, south of West Siberia. Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808) — Szalafo [1], 15.06.1994, 27.06.1994, 29.06.1994, AR (48). — Inhabits dry and warm forests, nesting in dead branches on the trees. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, N-W Africa, Crimea, Caucasus, Kopetdagh. 86