@article {1802, title = { First record of the slave-maker ant Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849) from Bulgaria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Myrmecological News}, volume = {12}, year = {2009}, pages = {1-2}, abstract = {

Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849) was found among ants taken in pitfall traps set in the Alibotoush Reserve, Slavjanka Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria. This species is new to the Bulgarian myrmecofauna that recently numbered about 130 species.

}, keywords = {Bulgaria, Formicidae, Harpagoxenus sublaevis, social parasite}, author = {Antonova, Vera} } @article {1792, title = {First records of three ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Bulgaria}, journal = {Myrmecological News}, volume = {14}, year = {2011}, month = {January 2011}, pages = {1-3}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Three Mediterranean ant species \– Camponotus aegaeus EMERY, 1915, Camponotus gestroi EMERY, 1878 and Crematogaster auberti EMERY, 1869 \– were found on Bulgarian territory for the first time. The report of Camponotus aegaeus for Bulgaria is the first for continental Europe as well. The total number of known ant species for Bulgaria increases to more than 160.

}, keywords = {ants, Bulgaria, Camponotus, Crematogaster, Formicidae}, author = {Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena} }