Kaz Dağları (Türkiye) Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Cinsi Karıncaları ile Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894 ve Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920 eşey bireylerinin deskripsiyonları

Bu çalışmada, Kaz Dağları Camponotus faunası 175-1600 m.’ler arasında horizontal ve vertikal olarak çalışılmıştır. 2001-2003 yıllarında, 20 farklı lokalite ve 11 farklı habitattan materyal toplanmıştır. 3 altcinse (Colobopsis Mayr, Myrmentoma Forel, Tanaemyrmex Ashmead) ait 14 tür bulunmuştur. C. candiotes Emery ve C. ionius Emery’un şimdiye kadar bilinmeyen eşey bireyleri ilk defa tanımlanmıştır.Bu çalışmada, Kaz Dağları Camponotus faunası 175-1600 m.’ler arasında horizontal ve vertikal olarak çalışılmıştır. 2001-2003 yıllarında, 20 farklı lokalite ve 11 farklı habitattan materyal toplanmıştır. 3 altcinse (Colobopsis Mayr, Myrmentoma Forel, Tanaemyrmex Ashmead) ait 14 tür bulunmuştur. C. candiotes Emery ve C. ionius Emery’un şimdiye kadar bilinmeyen eşey bireyleri ilk defa tanımlanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Camponotus, eşey bireyleri, tanımlama, anahtar, Kaz Dağları, Türkiye

Ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Kaz Mountains, Turkey, with descriptions of sexuals of Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894 and Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920

The Camponotus fauna of the Kaz Mountains was examined horizontally and vertically, from 175 to 1600 m a.s.l. Materials were collected from 20 different localities and 11 different habitats between 2001 and 2003. In all, 14 species belonging to 3 subgenera (Colobopsis Mayr, Myrmentoma Forel, and Tanaemyrmex Ashmead) were found. The hitherto unknown sexuals of C. candiotes Emery and C. ionius Emery are described for the first time.The genus Camponotus is the largest ant genus in the world, consisting of over 1500 described species and subspecies (Bolton et al., 2006). It is represented in the Palaearctic region by more than 200 taxa.Camponotus is also the most populous genus in Turkey, with 38 taxa (34 species and 4 subspecies). Of these, 13 taxa were originally recorded without a precise locality or were only mentioned once in old publications and have not been recorded again.

Keywords:

description, key, Kaz Mountains, Turkey, Camponotus, sexuals,

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