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An ant species of the genus Pyramica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) new for the fauna of Russia and the Northern Caucasus

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Data on the location of the ant Pyramica argiola (Emery 1869) in Russia, in the territory of the Northern Caucasus (Nalchik), are presented for the first time. The species was previously known from Transcaucasia. The species chorology and ecology and morphological peculiarities of individuals from the regional population are considered.

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  1. Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories, Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nalchik, 360000, Russia

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Original Russian Text © Z.M. Yusupov, 2009, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, Vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 382–383.

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Yusupov, Z.M. An ant species of the genus Pyramica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) new for the fauna of Russia and the Northern Caucasus. Entmol. Rev. 89, 123–124 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873809010199

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