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Second record of Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Europe
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- 1. Myrmecological Laboratory, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51–148 Wroclaw, Poland, e-mail: 1 lech.borowiec@uwr.edu.pl
- 2. Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: gjonova@gmail.com
- 3. Myrmecological Laboratory, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51–148 Wroclaw, Poland, e-mail: sebastian.salata@uwr.edu.pl
Description
Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894, a species widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, was collected on Crete and is reported as a new exotic ant species for the Greek fauna. Presented discovery is also the second record for this species in Europe.
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