Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Csősz, S. & Markó, B.
Title: European ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the ant collection of the Natural History Museum of Sibiu (HermannstadtNagyszeben), Romania II. Subfamily Formicinae
Year: 2005
Publication date: 2005-11-30
Volume: 97
Pages: 225-240.

Abstract: The ant material of the Natural History Museum of Sibiu (HermannstadtNagyszeben) is one of the most important collections in Romania. Although it does not contain a large number of specimens, its value is appreciated on the basis of its age (it was founded in the 19th century), and on that of its valuable content: a part of the material comes from Paul (Pál) Röszler who described a number of ant taxa. The present paper includes the list of specimens belonging to the subfamily Formicinae. Altogether 41 Formicinae species were identified. The material was collected mainly from Romania, but there are specimens collected from Hungary as well as from other European countries. Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850) is mentioned for the first time in the Romanian ant fauna.
Keywords: Romania, faunistics, Ants, Lasius bicornis
Subject: entomology

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.