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4.4.8
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FCD8FCD75E21FCAB" bold="true" box="[893,1132,831,858]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">Lasius precursor</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD19FFE6FBD1FCD75EACFCAA" box="[1140,1249,831,859]" pageId="36" pageNumber="51" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FC8CFC8A59E9FC8B" bold="true" box="[809,932,866,890]" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">Etymology</emphasis>
. From an evolutionary perspective, colony demography and behavior this species can be considered as a precursor of the situation in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FB36FC4D5F56FC4D" box="[1171,1307,932,956]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">L. neglectus</emphasis>
(Seifert 2010)
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.
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FCFFFC2E59AFFC2C" box="[858,994,966,989]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">L. precursor</emphasis>
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probably represents a rather recent split-off from
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FC50FC0E5E26FC0C" box="[1013,1131,998,1021]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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and may probably serve as a genetic model for transition from monogyny in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FAC5FBEF5927FBCE" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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to true supercoloniality.
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.
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worker plus
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and 3 alate gynes labelled ”TUR:
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,
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, Üzümlü-
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N,
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, rural grassland, leg.
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et al.
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-712“;
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plus
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labelled ”TUR:
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,
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, Üzümlü-
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N,
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, rural grassland, leg.
<collectorName id="306E5376FD19FFE6FAA9FB055F10FAF4" box="[1292,1373,1261,1285]" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">Cremer</collectorName>
et al.
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<collectingDate id="F961E988FD19FFE6FC9FFAE659F8FAD7" box="[826,949,1294,1318]" pageId="36" pageNumber="51" value="2004-06-08">2004.06.08</collectingDate>
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-710“; depository
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<collectorName id="306E5376FD19FFE6FB16FAE65F4AFAD7" box="[1203,1287,1294,1318]" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">Görlitz.</collectorName>
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FC8CFAC65E57FAB7" bold="true" box="[809,1050,1326,1350]" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">All material examined</emphasis>
. A total of 51nest samples with
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from
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(1 sample) and 14 localities in
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(50 samples) were subject to NUMOBAT investigation.
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details see supplementary information SI1.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FC8CFA5A59B4FA3B" bold="true" box="[809,1017,1458,1482]" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">Geographic range</emphasis>
.
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far only known from
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between
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and
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and the
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(
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,
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) close to coast of
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<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD19FFE6FBCFFA1C5E86F9FD" box="[1130,1227,1524,1548]" name="Turkey" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">Anatolia</collectingCountry>
.
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altitudinal distribution of 51 samples ranges from
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with the median at
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<elevation id="16B6D193FD19FFE6FC0AF9DE59B9F9BC" box="[943,1012,1590,1614]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.37" pageId="36" pageNumber="51" unit="m" value="237.0">237 m</elevation>
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and 86% of all findings below
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.
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differs significantly from the situation in 77 sympatric
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FC22F99059B2F97E" box="[903,1023,1656,1679]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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samples with the median at
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, 74% of all samples above
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and a range from
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(one-tailed Mann-Whitney U-test p&lt;0.0005). The situation in East
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is not studied.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD19FFE7FC8CF91358A8FD82" lastPageId="37" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="36" pageNumber="51" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD19FFE6FC8CF91359D5F8E2" bold="true" box="[809,920,1787,1811]" pageId="36" pageNumber="51">Diagnosis</emphasis>
(
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,
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16; key):
</paragraph>
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Body size small (CS 769 µm). Number of mandibular dents low (MaDe
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7.6). Clypeal pubescence dilute (sqPDCL
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5.13). Pronotal setae rather short (PnHL/ CS
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0.127), very little longer than gular setae (GuHL/ CS
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0.125). Petiole scale in profile view rather thin with an acute dorsal tip. Pubescence hairs on frons rather long (PLF
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34.5 µm). Dorsum of scape and hind tibiae without or few, occasional setae. It differs from
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FDDFFEDC58B2FEBA" box="[634,767,307,331]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. neglectus</emphasis>
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by shorter scape (SL/CS
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0.946), larger postocular distance (PoOc/CL
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0.238), smaller torulo-clypeal distance (dClAn/CS
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3.61%) and fewer setae on posterior margin of head (nOcc
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5.8). The most significant differences to
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FF18FE305B7DFE1E" box="[189,304,472,495]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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are smaller absolute size, shorter scape, larger postocular distance and smaller torulo-clypeal distance. Coloration: Head and gaster dark brown, mesosoma often suggested lighter; mandibles, antennae, lateral part of clypeus, tibiae and tarsae light yellowish-brown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD18FFE7FF57FD945B88F920" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD18FFE7FF57FD945B88F920" blockId="37.[189,808,241,1975]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FF57FD945B0AFD65" bold="true" box="[242,327,636,660]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">Biology</emphasis>
.
<bibRefCitation id="F90A4B51FD18FFE7FEFCFD945876FD65" author="Cremer, S. &amp; L. V. Ugelvig &amp; F. P. Drijfhout &amp; B. C. Schlick-Steiner &amp; F. M. Steiner &amp; B. Seifert &amp; D. P. Hughes &amp; A. Schulz &amp; K. S. Petersen &amp; H. Konrad &amp; C. Stauffer &amp; K. Kiran &amp; X. Espadaler &amp; P. d'Ettorre &amp; N. Aktac &amp; J. Eilenberg &amp; G. R. Jones &amp; D. R. Nash &amp; J. S. Pedersen &amp; J. J. Boomsma" box="[345,571,636,660]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" pagination="3838" refId="ref51168" refString="Cremer, S., L. V. Ugelvig, F. P. Drijfhout, B. C. Schlick-Steiner, F. M. Steiner, B. Seifert, D. P. Hughes, A. Schulz, K. S. Petersen, H. Konrad, C. Stauffer, K. Kiran, X. Espadaler, P. d'Ettorre, N. Aktac, J. Eilenberg, G. R. Jones, D. R. Nash, J. S. Pedersen &amp; J. J. Boomsma (2008): The Evolution of Invasiveness in Garden Ants. - PLoS ONE 3 (12): e 3838. doi: 10.1371 / journal. pone 0003838" type="journal article" year="2008">Cremer et al. (2008)</bibRefCitation>
found the following differences in the biologies of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FDA9FD7658DBFD44" box="[524,662,670,693]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FF18FD575B29FD27" box="[189,356,703,726]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">Lasius turcicus</emphasis>
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: Gynes of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FE46FD575823FD27" box="[483,622,703,726]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FDD2FD565881FD24" box="[631,716,702,725]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
show a trend to mate within colonies and reduced dispersal rates compared to
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FEEFFCE85BF2FCE6" box="[330,447,768,791]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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which is in line with the smaller absolute size and shorter wings of the former. Gynes of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FF18FCAA5B78FCA8" box="[189,309,834,857]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are larger and longer-winged, never showed intranidal mating in 106 nest box trials, and are better dispersers. Combining
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FE1BFC6C587BFC6A" box="[446,566,900,923]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gynes with males of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FF18FC4D5B08FC4D" box="[189,325,933,956]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FEEEFC4C5BD0FC4A" box="[331,413,932,955]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
resulted in 38% matings in 29 tests. In contrast,
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FEE7FC2E5BF4FC2C" box="[322,441,966,989]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males never mated
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FD3DFC2E596CFC2C" box="[664,801,966,989]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FF18FC0E5B42FC0C" box="[189,271,998,1021]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
gynes in 51 tests, suggesting that the males of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FCAEFC0E5B58FBEF" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
need to fly before being able to copulate. This suggests that part of the
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FE65FBC05805FBCE" box="[448,584,1064,1087]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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populations are propagated by intra-nest mating and colony budding, but without being invasive. Intraspecific aggression among workers of different nests was high in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FD03FB635957FB53" box="[678,794,1163,1186]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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, lower but still significant in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FDA7FB4458C2FB32" box="[514,655,1196,1219]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FD3CFB4458BDFB32" box="[665,752,1196,1219]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and absent in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FE83FB255BE4FB15" box="[294,425,1228,1252]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. neglectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Relatedness was moderately high (0.392 ± 0.070) in nests of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FE7EFB065829FAF4" box="[475,612,1262,1285]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FDCFFB0558F3FAF5" box="[618,702,1261,1284]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, whereas it reached in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FEEEFAE65B8CFAD4" box="[331,449,1294,1317]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
levels consistent with territorial colonies headed mostly by a single queen (0.561 ± 0.034).
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FF18FAB85B00FA96" box="[189,333,1360,1383]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FEFEFAB85BF8FA96" box="[347,437,1360,1383]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
shows an intermediate social structure between the supercolonial invasive
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FD3AFA99596CFA79" box="[671,801,1392,1416]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. neglectus</emphasis>
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and the highly structured
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FE7BFA7A5818FA58" box="[478,597,1426,1449]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
populations: in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FCAEFA7A5B6BFA3B" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, several small-scale supercolonies coexist in most populations, but without coming close to the sizes of the extensive
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FED6FA1D5BB5F9FD" box="[371,504,1524,1548]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. neglectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
supercolonies. Long-chain hydrocarbons were relatively frequent in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FD31F9FD596CF9DD" box="[660,801,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FF18F9DE5B5FF9BC" box="[189,274,1590,1613]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and rare in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FE04F9DE5855F9BC" box="[417,536,1590,1613]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The less volatile long-chain hydrocarbons have been hypothesized to be less informative as recognition cues which is consistent with the lower aggression levels in
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FD9BF9715885F941" box="[574,712,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FD6AF971596FF941" box="[719,802,1689,1712]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
compared to
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FEEFF9525BF3F920" box="[330,446,1722,1745]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD18FFE7FF71F9325F33FBEE" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD18FFE7FF71F9325F33FBEE" blockId="37.[189,808,241,1975]" lastBlockId="37.[824,1438,241,1055]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FF71F9325B02F903" bold="true" box="[212,335,1754,1778]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">Comments</emphasis>
. Based on investigation of cuticular hydrocarbon patterns, nuDNA (microsatellite data),
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unambiguously supported the separate species identity of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FE41F8D5582BF8A4" box="[484,614,1853,1877]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. neglectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FD02F8D55957F8A5" box="[679,794,1853,1876]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This finding is in line with the results of NC-clustering reported above. Yet, Cremer et al. also reported that
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FF18F8485B21F846" box="[189,364,1952,1975]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">Lasius turcicus</emphasis>
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in the conception of
<bibRefCitation id="F90A4B51FD18FFE7FD27F877596CF846" author="Seifert, B." box="[642,801,1951,1975]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" pagination="173 - 179" refId="ref51875" refString="Seifert, B. (2000): Rapid range expansion in Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) - an Asian invader swamps Europe. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 47 (2): 173 - 179." type="journal article" year="2000">Seifert (2000)</bibRefCitation>
can be divided into two entities which they called the highland form (=
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FC5AFEFB5E38FEDB" box="[1023,1141,275,298]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
Santschi
</taxonomicName>
) and the lowland form (=
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FC28FEDC5E5FFEBA" box="[909,1042,308,331]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD18FFE7FBB2FEDC5E2BFEBA" box="[1047,1126,308,331]" pageId="37" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
introduced here). They found clear differences between the two entities in cuticular hydrocarbons and microsatellite data. The material used here in NC-clustering, altogether 127 samples, is identical for 122 samples with the material evaluated by Cremer et al. Five samples the type series of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FB7AFE305F1EFE1E" box="[1247,1363,472,495]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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plus 4 samples from the islands of Kos and Rhodos were added here. Using the 10 standard characters CS, CL/CW
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, nGu
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) and MP6/CS
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, 51 nest samples of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FA23FDB459ECFD65" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
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are separated from of 77 nest samples of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FA23FD9559C3FD44" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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with the following error rates: 4.7% in NC-Ward, 4.7% in part.hclust (plus 4.7% outliers) 0.8% in NC-part. kmeans, and 0.8% in NC-NMDS-kmeans in the mean of all four analyses 2.8%.This is below the 4%error threshold and justifies describing
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FB91FCC95EF4FCC9" box="[1076,1209,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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as a separate species.
<figureCitation id="05A02A25FD18FFE7FC36FCA95E4EFCA8" box="[915,1027,833,857]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="37.[824,864,1781,1803]" captionTargetId="graphics-30@38.[472,1344,491,1917]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="Figs. 111: NC-clustering of 51 nest samples of Lasius precursor sp. nov.(black bars) and 77nest samples of L.turcicus (grey bars) from the East Aegean and Asia Minor. The hierarchical algorithms, NC-Ward (tree shown) and NC-part.hclust, showed a classification error of 4.7% whereas the non-hierarchical algorythms, NC-part.kmeans and NC- NMDS-k.means (not shown), misclassified only 0.8% of the samples giving an overall mean error of 2.8%. Outliers in NC-part.hclust are indicated by white bars (gaps)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10871694" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10871694/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">Figure 111</figureCitation>
shows the data of NC-Ward NC-part. hclust and NC-part.kmeans. If run as wild-cards in a linear discriminant analysis, the type sample of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FB5FFC6C5F23FC6A" box="[1274,1390,900,923]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. turcicus</emphasis>
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and the
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sample of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD18FFE7FB94FC4D5EFAFC4D" box="[1073,1207,933,956]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="52">L. precursor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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are allocated to corresponding clusters with p=0.999 and 1.000. The classification error by the LDA was 7.6% in
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individuals which is a normal value for cryptic species.
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