Second report on the occurrence of Camponotus truncatus (Spinola) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Poland, with a key to the Polish species of the genus Camponotus Mayr

Abstract

*[A second locality of Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus (Spinola), a Mediterranean dendrobiotic ant species rare in Central Europe is reported from Poland. Single workers were collected from trunks of old oaks (Quercus robur L.) in the Rogalin Oak Wood within the Rogalin Landscape Park (Wielkopolsko-Kujawska Lowland, Western Poland). At the same time, besides C. truncatus, one more rare ant species, Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck), is reported from the Wielkopolsko-Kujawska Lowland for the first time. Besides C. truncatus, eight more ant species were recorded on the Rogalin oaks: Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (L.), Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck), Camponotus fallax (Nyl.), Lasius platythorax Seifert, Lasius brunneus (Latr.), Lasius fuliginosus (Latr.), Myrmica ruginodis Nyl., & Formica cunicularia. A key to workers of the Polish species of the genus Camponotus Mayr is given, which includes Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus (L.), C. (C.) ligniperda (Latr.), C. (C.) vagus (Scop.), C. (Myrmentoma) fallax (Nyl.), & C. (M.) piceus (Leach).]