01121nas a2200169 4500008004100000245014000041210006900181300000800250490000700258520037800265653009500643100001700738700001900755700002700774700001800801856013200819 2017 eng d00aTwo new species of the "ultimate" parasitic ant genus Teleutomyrmex KUTTER, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Palaearctic0 aTwo new species of the ultimate parasitic ant genus Teleutomyrme a1550 v253 a

Two new "ultimate" parasitic ant species, Teleutomyrmex seiferti KIRAN & KARAMAN sp.n. and Teleutomyrmex buschingeri LAPEVA-GJONOVA sp.n., are described from one site each in Turkey and Bulgaria. The hosts belong to Tetra- morium cf. chefketi FOREL, 1911. The findings increase the number of described Teleutomyrmex species to four.

10aTaxonomy; ants; Formicidae; Teleutomyrmex; social parasites; new species; Turkey; Bulgaria1 aKiran, Kadri1 aKaraman, Celal1 aLapeva-Gjonova, Albena1 aAksoy, Volkan uhttps://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/content/two-new-species-ultimate-parasitic-ant-genus-teleutomyrmex-kutter-1950-hymenoptera01314nas a2200145 4500008004100000245011400041210006900155300000800224490000900232520073000241100002700971700001700998700001801015856013501033 2012 eng d00aUnusual Ant Hosts of the Socially Parasitic Ant Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)0 aUnusual Ant Hosts of the Socially Parasitic Ant Anergates atratu a1-30 v20123 a

The extreme inquiline ant Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) was collected in ant nests of Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941 in Bulgaria and of T. chefketi Forel, 1911 in Bulgaria and Turkey. The reported ant hosts belong to the Tetramorium chefketi species complex in contrast with the typical hosts from Tetramorium caespitum/impurum complex. This finding confirms the assumption that a broader range of host species for the socially parasitic species A. atratulus may be expected. Present data on the new host species expand knowledge about biology of this rare ant species, included in the IUCN Red List of threatened species.

1 aLapeva-Gjonova, Albena1 aKiran, Kadri1 aAksoy, Volkan uhttps://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/content/unusual-ant-hosts-socially-parasitic-ant-anergates-atratulus-schenck-1852-hymenoptera