DIVERSITY AND AUTECOLOGY OF WOOD ANTS IN CENTRAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (FORMICIDAE: FORMICA S. STR.)

Abstract

UDK: 595.796(497.6) In this paper new data on diversity of wood ants in Bosnia and Herzegovina arepresented. First record of Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804 from Duboštica isreported for Bosnia and Herzegovina. With this new finding total number of speciesfrom subgenus Formica s. str. known in Bosnia and Herzegovina is raised on five.Analysis of wood ants in central Bosnia indicated presence of Formica rufa Linnaeus,1761 on mountains Trebevic, Ozren, Perun while Formica polyctena Förster, 1850was collected only on Mt. Čemerska.Morphometrical and ethological intermediary indicate different Formica rufaphenotypes or hybrid Formica rufa x polyctena in investigated area. Polydomy wasobserved in Formica polyctena and F. rufa. On the mountain Perun 30 colonies ofFormica rufa in one kilometer transect were found, which represents the highestknown density in Bosnia-Herzegovina.