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Proformica chelmosensis
| Proformica chelmosensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Proformica |
| Species: | P. chelmosensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Proformica chelmosensis Lebas & Galkowski, 2019 | |
This species is known from a single large population found on the higher elevation (1800 - 2270 m) slopes of Mount Chelmos, northern Peloponnese, Greece. The ground nests of P. chelmosensis occur in high density. Workers have been observed foraging on the low ground cover that grows on the rocky soil (Lebas & Galkowski, 2019). Workers were active in the middle of the day at an air temperature of around 35°C (Borowiec & Salata, 2021).
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Biology
Castes
Queen
Male
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- chelmosensis. Proformica chelmosensis Lebas & Galkowski, 2019: 220, figs. 2-4 (w.q.m.) GREECE.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Queen
Male
Type Material
- Holotype worker, mountain Chelmos, Kalavrita, Peloponnese, Greece, 37°59’52.88"N 22° 11’37.42"E, 1878 m, 29/05/2018 (MNHW-DBET).
- 5 paratype workers, the same data as holotype.
References
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2021. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Western Greece. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 30: 1-23 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5571258).
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2022. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and review of all subfamilies except the subfamily Myrmicinae. Part 1: text. Natural History Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum 1: 1-297.
- Lebas, C., Galkowski, C. 2019. Notes sur le genre Proformica Ruzsky (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue de l’Association Roussillonnaise d’Entomologie 28: 218 – 222.
- Lebas, C., Galkowski, C., Lenoir, A., Perdereau, E. 2023. Description of Proformica borowieci sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species of the genus Proformica Ruzsky, 1902 from Greece. Annales Zoologici 73(3), 569-580 (doi:10.3161/00034541anz2023.73.3.017).