Celal KARAMAN, Kadri KIRAN

NEW TRAMP ANT SPECIES FOR TURKEY: Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)

Turizm, gelişmiş ulaşım ve artan ticaret gibi insan faaliyetleri faunal elemanların dağılım alanları dışındaki habitatlara taşınmasına neden olmakta ve dolayısıyla yerli faunayı etkilemektedir. Bu faaliyetlerle taşınan organizmalar yerli olmayan, egzotik, istilacı veya tramp türler olarak adlandırılır. Bu çalışmada, çok iyi bilinen tramp karınca türü olan Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr’u Türkiye’den (Antalya-Alanya) ilk defa kayıt edilmekte ve Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille)’e ait ilk lokalite kayıtları ise Antalya-Alanya ve Adana’dan verilmektedir. Böylece, Türkiye’de tramp karınca tür sayısı 19’a yükselmiştir.

NEW TRAMP ANT SPECIES FOR TURKEY: Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)

Human activities such as tourism, developed transportation and increased trade lead to the introduction of faunalelements into non-native habitats and consequently affect native fauna. These introduced species are called as non-native,exotic, invasive or tramp species. Here we record the well-known tramp species Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, for the firsttime from Turkey (Antalya-Alanya), and present first locality records for Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) from AntalyaAlanya and Adana. Thus, the number of tramp ant species of Turkey is increased to 19.

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