A mixed colony of Tetramorium immigrans SANTSCHI, 1927 and the putative social parasite Tetramorium aspina sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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dc.authoridKiran, Kadri/0000-0001-7983-0194;
dc.authorwosidKiran, Kadri/X-7064-2019
dc.authorwosidKaraman, Celal/AAF-7966-2019
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Herbert C.
dc.contributor.authorKaraman, Celal
dc.contributor.authorAksoy, Volkan
dc.contributor.authorKiran, Kadri
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:08:44Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:08:44Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractMixed ant colonies have long fascinated biologists since they are often examples of social parasitism. From the genus Tetramorium MAYR, 1855, two types of social parasitism are well known: dulosis and inquilinism. We present a nest record from Turkey comprising workers of T. immigrans SANTSCHI, 1927, workers and a single gyne of a new species, and brood in commonly used nest chambers. We interpret the new species as a social parasite and describe it as T. aspina sp.n. Three characteristics indicate a morphological degeneration of the worker caste: Workers of T. aspina sp.n. have strongly reduced propodeal spines, larger intranest morphological variability than workers of the T. caespitum complex sensu WAGNER & al. (2017: Myrmecological News 25: 95-129), and a larger proportion of these workers have an aberrant propodeum (propodeal syndrome) compared with workers of the T. caespitum complex. The discovery of T. aspina sp.n. raises interesting questions concerning the characterization of its socially parasitic life history and its evolutionary origin.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAustrian Science Fund (FWF) [P23409]; TUBITAK (THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY) [111T811]; Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P23409] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBernhard Seifert (Gorlitz) provided the microscope used for this study; Alexander Eder (Graz) repaired an electronic damage of the microscope. Leo Kuzmits (Graz) took photographs of type material, the native speakers Phil J. Attewell (Boreham Wood) and Steven Weiss (Graz) proofread the manuscript. Florian M. Steiner (Innsbruck), Christian Rabeling (Tempe), Marek L. Borowiec (Tempe), and two anonymous reviewers provided input that helped improving the manuscript. The research of HCW was financially supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, P23409), the Turkish authors by TUBITAK (THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY, project number 111T811).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.25849/myrmecol.news_028:025
dc.identifier.endpage33en_US
dc.identifier.issn1994-4136
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85068325243en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage25en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_028:025
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/22547
dc.identifier.volume28en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000455252000002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOesterreichische Gesell Entomofaunistik, C/O Naturhistor Museum Wienen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMyrmecological Newsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectMorphometricsen_US
dc.subjectPropodeal Spineen_US
dc.subjectIntranest Morphological Variabilityen_US
dc.subjectWorker Caste Degenerationen_US
dc.subjectNew Speciesen_US
dc.subjectTetramorium Caespitum Complexen_US
dc.subjectNon-Cryptic Pavement Anten_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectDiversificationen_US
dc.subjectDivergenceen_US
dc.subjectTaxonomyen_US
dc.subjectComplexen_US
dc.subjectTraitsen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectHosten_US
dc.subjectAntsen_US
dc.titleA mixed colony of Tetramorium immigrans SANTSCHI, 1927 and the putative social parasite Tetramorium aspina sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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