Comparative analysis of the population structure of Crematogaster subdentata and Lasius neglectus in the primary and secondary ranges (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Ants, invasion, monocaly, polycaly, supercolonies, pests, interspecific relationsAbstract
The population structure of Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877 in the primary (native) (Uzbekistan) and secondary ranges (Crimea, Rostov-on-Don) is analyzed. The data obtained indicate an uncommon behavior for invasive ants – the formation of supercolonies in the primary range (the size of the foraging area is about 600 m2) in the urban territory. Nesting in houses and in trunks of old trees occurs both in the zone of invasion and in the primary range. The data of the distribution of the second invasive species in the same regions – Lasius neglectus Van Loon et al., 1990 are provided. Comparison of the population structure (ratio of the mono- and polycalic colonies, presence of the supercolonies and their sizes), parameters of the colonies (average number of the nests and forage trees per colony) showed the ad- vantage of Crematogaster subdentata over Lasius neglectus, which is gradually crowded out by the first species in the places of contact.
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Dlussky G.M. 1981. Ants of deserts. Nauka, Moskva, 230 pp. [in Russian].
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Espadaler X., Tartally A., Schultz R., Seifert B., Nagy Cs. 2007. Regional trends and preliminary results on the local expansion rate in the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux, 54: 293–301.
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Nagy C., Tartally A., Vilisics F., Merkl O., Szita E., Szel G., Podlussany A., Redei D., Csosz S., Pozsgai G., Orosz A., Szovenyi G., Marko B. 2009. Effects of the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma et Andrasfalvy, 1990 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), on arthropod assemblages: pattern analyses in the type supercolony. Myrmecological News, 12: 171–181.
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Oster G.F., Wilson E.O. 1978. Caste and ecology in the social insects. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 372 pp.
Paris C.I. 2007. Above-belowground effects of the invasive ant Lasius neglectus in an urban holm oak forest. Doctoral thesis, Bellaterra, 150 pp.
Radchenko A.G., Bazhenova T.N., Simutnik E.I. 2012. Records of previously non-recorded and little-known ant species and genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ukrainian fauna. Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka, 3(2): 1–9 [in Russian].
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Schultz R., Radchenko A., Seifert B. 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten, 8: 201–208.
Schultz R., Seifert B. 2005. Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – a widely distributed tramp species in Central Asia. Myrmecologische Nachrichten, 7: 47–50.
Seifert B. 2000. Rapid range expansion in L. neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – an Asian invader swamps Europe. Mitteilungenaus dem Museum für Naturkinde in Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 47: 173–179.
Stukalyuk S.V. 2015. Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a new potentially invasive species of ants in the fauna of the Crimea. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 94(10): 1211 – 1225.
Stukalyuk S.V. 2018. The beginning of the invasion of Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Kiev (Ukraine). Entomological Review, 97(8): 1063–1065.
Stukalyuk S.V., Netsvetov M.V. 2018. The effect of Crematogaster subdentata Mayr invasion on the structure of ants assemblages (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Crimea. Zhurnal obshcheĭ biologii, 79 (4): 294–317 [in Russian].
Stukalyuk S.V., Radchenko A.G. 2018. Lasius neglectus Van Loon et al. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), an Invasive Ant Species in Crimea. Entomological Review, 98(6): 690–701.
Stukalyuk S.V., Radchenko A.G., Akhmedov A.G., Reshetov А.А. 2020. Uzbekistan – the alleged native range of the invasive ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): geographical, ecological and biological evidences. Zoodiversity, 54(2): 111–122.
Suarez A.V., Holway D.A., Case T.J. 2001. Patterns of spread in biological invasions dominated by long-distance jump dispersal: Insights from Argentine ants. Ecology, 98(3): 1095–1100.
Suarez A.V., McGlynn T.P., Tsutsui N.D. 2010. Biogeographic and taxonomic patterns of introduced ants. In: Ant Ecology (Lach L, ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 233–244.
Ugelvig L.V., Drijfhout F.P., Kronauer D.J.C., Boomsma J.J., Pedersen J.S., Cremer S. 2008. The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches. BMC Biology, 6: 11.
Wetterer J.K., Radchenko A.G. 2011. Worldwide spread of the ruby ant, Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 14: 87–96.
Zakharov A.A. 1991. Organization of ant communities. Nauka, Moskva, 280 pp. [in Russian].
Zakharov A.A., Goryunov D.N. 2009. General methods of field ecological research. Murav'i i zashchita lesa. Materialy XIII Vserossiyskogo mirmekologicheskogo simpoziuma. 247–255 [in Russian].
Zakharov A.A. 2015. Ants of forest communities, their life and role in the forest. KMK Scientific Press, Moskva, 404 pp. [in Russian]
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Stukalyuk, S., Radchenko, A., Reshetov, A., Akhmedov, A. and Goncharenko, I. (2021) “Comparative analysis of the population structure of Crematogaster subdentata and Lasius neglectus in the primary and secondary ranges (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)”, Fragmenta entomologica, 53(1), pp. 43–56. doi: 10.13133/2284-4880/436.
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