Proformica striaticeps ( Forel, 1911 )

Kiran, Kadri & Karaman, Celal, 2020, Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Zoosystema 42 (18), pp. 285-329 : 303

Proformica striaticeps ( Forel, 1911)

Formica nasuta var. striaticeps Forel, 1911: 352 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 1☿; Antalya, Serik ; 36°55’N, 31°06’E; 01. VI.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 14 /0121g • 8 ☿; Karabük, Safranbolu ; 41°15’N, 32°40’E; 287 m; 07. V.2005; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 05 /0003e • 1 ☿; same collection data as for preceding; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 05 /0006a • 2 ☿; same collection data as for

preceding; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 05 /0020d • 2 ☿; Manisa, Demirci, Bardakçı Vill. ; 39°07’882”N, 28°28’446”E; 1144 m; 19.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 08 /2171c • 1 ☿; Gölmarmara, Musalar Vill.; 38°41’037”N, 28°08’748”E; 653 m; 09.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2109d • 1☿; Yozgat, Kuşçu Vill. ; 39°39’15”N,

34°43’14”E; 1202 m; 29. V.2007; A. Beyarslan leg.; EMTU 07 /0086.

DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY. — Artvin, Isparta, Sivas.

REMARKS

Collingwood & Heatwole (2000) reported that the general distribution of P.striaticeps covers Turkey. Some other researchers also mentioned that the general distribution of the species included Turkey ( Borowiec & Salata 2012; Bračko et al. 2014). However, no physical record has been given so far within any study in the country till Karaman et al. (2017). Although P. nasuta ( Nylander, 1856) was recorded from several localities in Turkey, recent studies showed that P. nasuta is distributed in the western part of Mediterranea ( Borowiec 2014; Bračko et al. 2014; Galkowski et al. 2017). Therefore, we suggest here to exclude Turkey from the distributional range of P. nasuta and all previously determined P. nasuta material should refer P. striaticeps .