Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra

We conducted a survey on the Alpine fauna of one of the largest Natural Park of the Italian Alps (Stelvio National Park) in the framework of a broad ecological monitoring of Alpine biodiversity. A two-years standardized sampling employing pitfall traps along a 1200 m altitudinal gradient led to the...

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Autores principales:	Enrico Schifani, Cristina Castracani, Fiorenza Augusta Spotti, Daniele Giannetti, Martina Ghizzoni, Mauro Gobbi, Valeria Lencioni, Luca Pedrotti, Donato Antonio Grasso, Alessandra Mori
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2021
Materias:	inquilinism species rarity social parasitism IUCN vulnerable species Italy Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f457a8397e9e43dfaabc423884fcbf0c2021-11-25T11:04:31ZSocial Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra10.13102/sociobiology.v68i4.72760361-65252447-8067https://doaj.org/article/f457a8397e9e43dfaabc423884fcbf0c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ojs3.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/7276https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525https://doaj.org/toc/2447-8067 We conducted a survey on the Alpine fauna of one of the largest Natural Park of the Italian Alps (Stelvio National Park) in the framework of a broad ecological monitoring of Alpine biodiversity. A two-years standardized sampling employing pitfall traps along a 1200 m altitudinal gradient led to the discovery of two interesting inquiline social parasite ants of the genus Myrmica: M. myrmicoxena Forel, 1895 and M. microrubra Seifert, 1993. Myrmica myrmicoxena, which is classified as Vulnerable according to the IUCN Red List, was so far known from only three sites across a narrow geographic range between Italy and Switzerland. Our data support the previous hypothesis over its ecology and host association. Myrmica microrubra is considered an incipient species of high evolutionary interest, sometimes regarded as an intraspecific form of M. rubra. While having a wide distribution in Europe, its presence in Italy was hitherto known only from a single site, and our record extends its altitudinal distribution limit in Europe upwards by about 600 m. Enrico SchifaniCristina CastracaniFiorenza Augusta SpottiDaniele GiannettiMartina GhizzoniMauro GobbiValeria LencioniLuca PedrottiDonato Antonio GrassoAlessandra MoriUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticleinquilinismspecies raritysocial parasitismIUCNvulnerable speciesItalyZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 68, Iss 4 (2021)
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topic	inquilinism species rarity social parasitism IUCN vulnerable species Italy Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	inquilinism species rarity social parasitism IUCN vulnerable species Italy Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Enrico Schifani Cristina Castracani Fiorenza Augusta Spotti Daniele Giannetti Martina Ghizzoni Mauro Gobbi Valeria Lencioni Luca Pedrotti Donato Antonio Grasso Alessandra Mori Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra
description	We conducted a survey on the Alpine fauna of one of the largest Natural Park of the Italian Alps (Stelvio National Park) in the framework of a broad ecological monitoring of Alpine biodiversity. A two-years standardized sampling employing pitfall traps along a 1200 m altitudinal gradient led to the discovery of two interesting inquiline social parasite ants of the genus Myrmica: M. myrmicoxena Forel, 1895 and M. microrubra Seifert, 1993. Myrmica myrmicoxena, which is classified as Vulnerable according to the IUCN Red List, was so far known from only three sites across a narrow geographic range between Italy and Switzerland. Our data support the previous hypothesis over its ecology and host association. Myrmica microrubra is considered an incipient species of high evolutionary interest, sometimes regarded as an intraspecific form of M. rubra. While having a wide distribution in Europe, its presence in Italy was hitherto known only from a single site, and our record extends its altitudinal distribution limit in Europe upwards by about 600 m.
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author	Enrico Schifani Cristina Castracani Fiorenza Augusta Spotti Daniele Giannetti Martina Ghizzoni Mauro Gobbi Valeria Lencioni Luca Pedrotti Donato Antonio Grasso Alessandra Mori
author_facet	Enrico Schifani Cristina Castracani Fiorenza Augusta Spotti Daniele Giannetti Martina Ghizzoni Mauro Gobbi Valeria Lencioni Luca Pedrotti Donato Antonio Grasso Alessandra Mori
author_sort	Enrico Schifani
title	Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra
title_short	Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra
title_full	Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra
title_fullStr	Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra
title_full_unstemmed	Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra
title_sort	social parasite ants in the alps: a new site of the vulnerable myrmica myrmicoxena and new uppermost altitudinal limit for m. microrubra
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f457a8397e9e43dfaabc423884fcbf0c
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Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra

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