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RESEARCH PRODUCT

First record of the vulnerable social parasite ant Plagiolepis grassei in Italy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Enrico Schifani

subject

MyrmecologyEcologybiologyEcologyHymenopterabiology.organism_classificationANTGeographic distributiongeographic distribution conservation rarity IUCN Red List myrmecology SicilyInsect SciencePlagiolepislcsh:ZoologyIUCN Red ListParasite hostinglcsh:QL1-991Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

The first Italian records of the rare parasitic ant species Plagiolepis grassei Le Masne, 1956 are here reported. This species is considered as “Vulnerable” by the IUCN’s Red List, and was previously recorded from France and Spain only.

https://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/231