Contribution to the knowledge of the myrmecofauna of the river Someş valley
In the present study the author contributes to the knowledge of the myrmecofauna of the River Some? by presenting a checklist of 20 species, containing also the Myrmica salina which is identified for the first time in Romania. The majority of the species are satellite, and only five species present...
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| Format: | Book part |
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1999
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| Series: | Tiscia monograph series
The Somes/Szamos river valley : a study of the geography, hydrobiology and ecology of the river system and its environment |
| Kulcsszavak: | Szamos folyó - ökológia |
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| Online Access: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/10183 |
| Summary: | In the present study the author contributes to the knowledge of the myrmecofauna of the River Some? by presenting a checklist of 20 species, containing also the Myrmica salina which is identified for the first time in Romania. The majority of the species are satellite, and only five species present core characteristics in the river valley. These are Lasius niger. Tetramorium caespitum, Formica rufibarbis, F. cunicularia, and F. pratensis. Most of them are opportunistic species. The author launches the idea that occasional floods may have a decisive role in forming the ant-fauna of the riverbank. |
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| Physical Description: | 297-301 |
| ISSN: | 1418-0448 |