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Five ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new to the Greek fauna with notes on ants from Greek Thrace
- 1. Myrmecological Laboratory, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51–148 Wroclaw, Poland, e-mail: lech.borowiec@uwr.edu.pl
- 2. Moereind 6, 5685 DX Best, The Netherlands, e-mail: fam.van.delft@onsbrabantnet.nl
- 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
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Camponotus tergestinus Müller, Lasius sabularum (Bondroit), Proformica korbi (Emery), Strongylognathus bulgaricus Pisarski, and Strongylognathus karawajewi Pisarski are recorded from Greece for the first time. A list of 81 species and morphospecies collected in Greek Thrace in 2023, including ten taxa new to this region, are given.
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