Title:

Succession of Lasius s. str. ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in moist pine forests - reassessment after taxonomic revisions of the subgenus

Subtitle:

Fragmenta Faunistica, vol. 49, no. 2 ; Odonata of water bodies in Cracow City ; Ważki (Odonata) małych zbiorników wodnych Krakowa

Creator:

Czechowski, Wojciech ; Czechowska, Wiesława ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2006

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 95-96 ; P. 91-97 ; 25 cm ; Abstract in Polish. Taxa in Latin

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

pine forests ; Poland ; Lasius niger ; Lasius platythorax ; Lasius alienus ; Lasius psammophilus ; assemblages ; succesion ; ants ; Formicidae ; Hymenoptera ; hymenopterans ; Insecta ; insects ; Dicrano-Pinion ; Peucedano-Pinetum ; subcontinental pine forests ; Leucobryo-Pinetum ; suboceanic pine forests

Abstract:

Czechowski et al. (1995) described the structure and structuring of ant assemblages along a successionalgradient of moist pine forests (Peucedano-Pinetum and Leucobryo-Pinetum) in Poland. That paper did not take into account two systematic revisions where two common and abundant Lasius s. str. species, namely, L. niger (L.) and L. alienus (Först.), were split into two and three species respectively (Seifert 1991, 1992). In the light of the revised taxonomy and the present work, the former L. niger, in fact, included two sibling species: L. platythorax Seifert and L. niger, and the former L. alienus appeared to be L. psammophilus Seifert. In the present paper, the occurrence and abundances (nest densities) of these Lasius s. str. species in the successional habitats of the moist pine forests are reassessed according to the present taxonomic knowledge. The pioneer nature of L. platythorax in forest habitats is stressed.

Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica

Volume:

49

Issue:

2

Start page:

91

End page:

97

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/00159301FF2006.49.2.091

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P. 256 vol. 49 no. 2 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P. 4664 vol. 49 no. 2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Access:

Open