Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria
Author
Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena
Author
Antonova, Vera
Author
Radchenko, Alexander G.
Author
Atanasova, Maria
text
ZooKeys
2010
62
1
124
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.62.430
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.62.430
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Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)
Records
(Map 71): EasternStara Planina Mts: Sliven [
Atanassov 1934
(as
Formica nasuta
)]; Thracian Lowland: Krichim [
Atanassov 1934
(as
Formica nasuta
)]; Western Rhodopi Mts: Radilovo vill. (Peshtera) [
Atanassov 1936
(as
Formica nasuta
)].
Notes:
Atanassov and Dlusskij (1992)
noted that specimens determined by
Forel (1892)
and
Atanassov (1964)
as
Proformica nasuta
in fact are
Proformica striaticeps
(see below). At the same time, they stressed that material, based on which (
Atanassov (1934
,
1936
) recorded
Proformica nasuta
for Bulgaria, has been lost, and it is impossible to make definitive conclusion on the taxonomic status of those ants.
Proformica nasuta
is definitely distributed in the Iberian Peninsula and France, but it is also recorded from Romania and Greece (see
Marko
et al. 2006
,
Radchenko 2007
). As we cannot exclude its occurrence in Bulgaria, we include this species in the current list; on the other hand, this data needs confirmation.