Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Author Kiran, Kadri Author Karaman, Celal Trakya University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Balkan Campus, Edirne (Turkey) kadrikiran @ trakya. edu. tr (corresponding author) text Zoosystema 2020 2020-06-24 42 18 285 329 journal article 21596 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18 081ac4b3-8ae0-45e9-a851-8889a7654463 1638-9387 3922267 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9F490C6-E406-45CC-B5D3-B949712E2DEB Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016 Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016: 56 . MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 17 ☿ ; Düzce , Pınarlar Vill. ; 40°48’29”N , 31°11’13”E ; 15.VII.2001 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 01 /0978a • 1 ☿ ; Edirne , Hıdırağa Vill. ; 41°44’N , 26°39’E ; 18.X.2004 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0367a • 1 ☿ ; Keşan , Karacaali Vill. ; 40°59’N , 26°39’E ; 120 m ; 25. VI .2003 ; T . Koldaş leg.; EMTU 03 /0090 • 3 ☿ ; Eskişehir , Alpu , Çukurhisar Vill. ; 39°50’N , 30°59’E ; 880 m ; 21.VIII.2004 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0512b • 1 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; K. Kiran leg.; 04/0512e • 2 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0515 • 16 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0517 • 1 ☿ ; Gümüşhane , Şiran , Arıtaş Vill. ; 40°09’43”N , 39°01’40”E ; 1300 m ; 02.VII.2004 ; A. Beyarslan leg.; EMTU 04 /0370 • 8 ☿ ; İstanbul , Şile , Ağva ; 41°08’20”N , 29°52’00”E ; 0 m; 20.VIII.2012 ; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 12 /0054 • 6 ☿ ; Beykoz , Polonezköy ; 41°06’N , 29°12’E ; 20.IV.2008 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 08 /0150b • 20 ☿ ; Çatalca , Celepköy ; 41°22’48”N , 28°30’47”E ; 16 m ; 23. V .2011 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 11 /0190c • 1 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 11 /0196d • 5 ☿ ; İnceğiz Vill. ; 41°11’N , 28°24’E ; 01.VII.2009 ; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 09 /0127a • 2 ♂ , 50 ☿ ; Kırşehir , Mucur ; 39°03’N , 34°23’E ; 26.VIII.2004 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0740 • 54 ☿ ; Kocaeli , Derbent , Sultaniye Vill. ; 40°36’38”N , 30°05’12”E ; 1150 m ; 29.VIII.2004 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0917 • 25 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0922 • 3 ☿ ; Serindere Vill. ; 40°39’08”N , 30°00’41”E ; 560 m ; 29.VIII.2004 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0938 • 7 ☿ ; Kandıra , Kerpe ; 41°08’N , 30°12’E ; 21.VII.2003 ; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 03 /0094b • 10 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 03 /0095a • 1 ☿ ; Kütahya , Geriz Vill. ; 39°59’06”N , 31°08’06”E ; 1266 m ; 09.VII.2007 ; M. Aydoğdu leg.; EMTU 07 /0084 • 1 ☿ ; Gediz , Saruhanlar Vill. ; 39°04’891”N, 29°18’905”E; 1396 m ; 19.VIII.2014 ; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 08 /2142c • 17 ☿ ; Manisa , Gördes , Malaz Vill. ; 39°04’N , 28°17’E ; 1275 m ; 09.VIII.2014 ; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2069 • 1 ☿ ; Yozgat , Kırım Vill. ; 39°54’34”N , 34°46’23”E ; 1278 m ; 29. V .2007 ; T . Yılmaz leg.; EMTU 07 /0081b • 2 ☿ ; same collection data as for preceding; T . Yılmaz leg.; EMTU 07 /0091b • 2 ☿ ; Sorgun , Mahmatlı Vill. ; 39°42’05”N , 35°21’50”E ; 1083 m ; 20. V .2007 ; M. Yurtcan leg.; EMTU 07 /0048 . DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY . — Ankara , Bitlis , Bursa , Isparta , Kars , Kastamonu , Kayseri , Kırklareli , Nevşehir , Sakarya , Sivas , Tekirdağ , Trabzon . REMARKS Seifert (1992) separated the largely distributed L. alienus into the five Westpalaearctic species L. alienus , L. paralienus Seifert, 1992 , L. piliferus Seifert, 1992 , L. psammophilus Seifert, 1992 and Lasius obscuratus Stitz, 1930 . Additionally, Seifert & Galkowski (2016) recently divided L. paralienus into complex of tree species L. paralienus , L. casevitzi Seifert & Galkowski, 2016 and L. bombycina . They indicated that the only known sympatric occurrence of L. paralienus is in NW Balkans and Bulgaria . Therefore, we suggest here to remove L. paralienus from Turkish ant fauna considering its European distribution from France to Bulgaria . All previously determined L. paralienus materials should refer to L. bombycina .