Rare or Overlooked? The Ponerine Ant, Cryptopone ochracea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): An Updated Distribution in Romania with insights on the species swarming activity

By

Tăușan, Ioan
Turceanu, Cosmin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-12-31

Original Publication

Travaux du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa"

Volume

67

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

415--419

Subjects

Anthropogenic habitats , Dobrogea , hypogaeic species , Maramureș , new records , Ponerinae urban species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

București, România Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală "Grigore Antipa" -2009

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.67.e141569

 

Abstract

Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855) is a hypogeous ant species with a poorly known biology. Usually, alate or dealate queens are recorded by myrmecologists. Data on the species distribution is scarce. However, the species occurs mainly in the southern part of Europe. In Romania, the species was previously known from only two locations. Herein, we report new records of the species during a 6-year observation period. Insights on the species swarming activity are given.