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Ants (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Lower Volga Region (Russia)
Download geodata for Bothriomyrmex sp.: As GeoJSON file: with exact locations geometry or with locations, approximated to points. For a description of the structure of these files, see front page. Interactive map of records of Bothriomyrmex sp. in the Lower Volga Region:
black dots - literature references, green dots - specimens in collection(s), yellow dots - observations Bothriomyrmex sp.
General description: It was reported by Zh.V. Savranskaya (Grebennikov et al., 2002) for two locations in Kalmykia. Five years later, in his PhD thesis (Savranskaya, 2007), these findings were listed as two different species: Bothriomyrmex modestus Radchenko, 1985 (in Priyutnoe) and Bothriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925 (in Elista). I do not suppose it is possible to report these references as reliable for the Lower Volga region for two reasons. On the one hand, I do not know the place of keeping these specimens, and I have no possibility to study them. On the other hand, at present there is no complete modern revision of species of the genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 of the Western Palaearctic or wider region. In Bernard Seifert's article (2012) both mentioned by Savranskaya (2007) species are listed as “Taxa to be checked if additional species will be identified from Europe” and are not actually included in taxonomic analysis. In fact, key for the determination in this article includes only 4 species from western part of Europe. For the reasons explained above, I do not suppose it is possible to refer to any certain species of Bothriomyrmex for the Lower Volga region.
Savranskaya, Zh.V. 2007. Fauna and ecology of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Northwest Caspian: within Kalmykia. PhD thesis. [In Russian.] Stavropol’. 192 p. Seifert, B. 2012b. A review of the West Palaearctic species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 17:91-104. Literature references:
Russia, Republic of Kalmykia, Elista City: Elista City : Name in the source: "Bothriomyrmex sp.". Russia, Republic of Kalmykia, Priyutnensky District: Priyutnoe : Name in the source: "Bothriomyrmex sp.". |