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

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

SA VARIA, 24/2 (Pars histoiico-naturalis) Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798) — Szakonyfalu: Grajka-patak völgye [1], 24.06.1994, AR (23). — Inhabits steppe and dry meadows, nesting in the soil. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Minor Asia, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia. Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758) — Apátistvánfalva: Zsida-patak völgye [1, 5], 17.06.1994, AR (15); Farkasfa: Fekete-tó [1, 2, 5], 18.06.1994, AR (16); Felsőszölnök: Hampó-völgy [1, 5], 17.06.1994, AR (29); Felsőszölnök: Törökpatak völgye [5], 25.06.1994, AR (22); Kétvölgy: Ritkaháza [5], 22.06.1994, AR (24); Kondorfa: Lugos-patak völgye [1, 5], 19.06.1994, AR (20); Magyarszombatfa [5], 21.06.1994, AR (16); Orfalu [5], 18.06.1994, AR (17); Szakonyfalu: Grajka-patak völgye [1, 5], 24.06.1994, AR (14); Szalafő [1, 2, 5], 15.06.1994, 27.06.1994, 30.06.1994, AR (75); Szőce [1], 26.06.1994, AR (18). — Inhabits meadows, forests, nesting in the soil, often builds hillocks, in logs, stumps. Distribution: Holarctic. One of the most common species in temperate zone of the Palaearctic. Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850) — Apátistvánfalva: Zsida-patak völgye [5], 17.06.1994, AR (18); Felsőszölnök: Török-patak völgye [5], 25.06.1994, AR (21); Kétvölgy: Ritkaháza [5], 18.06.1994, AR (14); Magyarszombatfa [5], 21.06.1994 (27); Szalafő [5], 15.06.1994, 30.06.1994, AR (36). — Inhabits meadows and forests, rarely steppe, nesting in the soil, often built hillocks. More xerophilous than Lasius niger. Distribution: Transpalaearctic species. Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798) — Apátistvánfalva: Zsida-patak völgye [1], 17.06.1994, AR (24); Szakonyfalu: Grajka-patak völgye [1], 24.06.1994, AR (18); Szalafő [1, 2], 27.06.1994, 30.06.1994, AR (48). — Inhabits deciduous and mixed, rarely coniferous forests, parks, gardens, orchards, nesting in logs, trunks, branches of trees. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, as far east as the Ural Mountains. Lasius emarginatus (Oliver, 1791) — Apátistvánfalva: Zsida-patak völgye [1], 17.06.1994, AR (14); Szalafő [1], 30.06.1994, AR (39). — Inhabits deciduous and mixed, rarely coniferous forests, parks, gardens, orchards, nesting in logs, trunks, branches of trees. Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, as far east as the Ural Mountains. Lasius llavus (Fabricius, 1781) — Apátistvánfalva: Zsida-patak völgye [5], 17.06.1994, 30.06.1994, AR (37); Felsőszölnök: Török-patak völgye [1, 5], 25.06.1994, AR (18); Magyarszombatfa [5], 21.06.1994, AR (29); Orfalu [S], 18.06.1994, AR (23); Szalafő [1, 5], 15.06.1994, 27.06.1994, AR (49); Szőce [5], 26.06.1994, AR (18). — Inhabits meadows, pastures, moorlands, forests, builds large nests with soil hillocks. Foraging underground. Distribution: Transpalaearctic species. Lasius raixtus (Nylander, 1876) — Szalafő [1], 15.06.1994, AR (34). — Inhabits forests and meadows, nesting in the soil. Distribution: Transpalaearctic species, rather rare. Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846) — Kétvölgy: Ritkaháza [5], 22.06.1994, AR (18); Orfalu [5], 18.06.1994, AR (18); Szalafő [5], 15.06.1994, 27.06.1994 (37). — Inhabits principally meadows, rarely forests, it nests in the soil. Distribution: Transpalaearctic species. 87