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Leptothorax nadigi Kutter, 1925 | ||
| Familia | Formicidae | |
| Ordo | Hymenoptera | |
| Classis | Insecta | |
| Typus | Arthropoda | |
| Summary | Leptothorax nadigi is a Mediterranean species, stenotope connected with dry and warm grassland habitats. It is one of the rarest and poorest known species of European ants. In Poland it occurs only in the Pieniny Mountains where are the northernmost localities of its fragmented range. The Pieniny National Park is the only place in Europe with the documented numbers of this species. L. nadigi inhabits there xerothermic and rock grasslands, nesting mostly in empty, dry stems of herbaceous plants, preferably Vincetoxicum hirundaria. Its existence is threatened by the overgrowing of scree with shrubs and trees (high vegetation). The only method of conservation of this population is active protection of tall-herb communities, carried out in the Pieniny National Park. | |
| Literature | Czechowska W. 1976. Myrmekofauna Pienińskiego Parku Narodowego (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Fragm. faun. 21: 115-144.  Czechowska W., Radchenko A., Czechowski W. 1998. Ecological and taxonomic notes on Leptothorax nadigi Kutter, 1925 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) - an ant species new to Poland. Ann. Zool. 48: 119-123. Czechowski W., Radchenko A., Czechowska W. 2002. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Poland. MIZ PAS, Warsaw: 200 + 1 pp. Day M.C. 1991. Towards the conservation of aculeate Hymenoptera in Europe. Nature and Environment Series, No. 51, Council of Europe Press, Strasbourg, 33 pp. Koehler W. 1951. Fauna mrówek Pienińskiego Parku Narodowego. PWRiL, Warszawa, 55 ss. Kostrakiewicz L. 1982. Zarys fizjografii Pienin. Klimat. W: Przyroda Pienin w obliczu zmian. Studia Naturae B, 30: 53-69. Pancer-Kotejowa E., Zarzycki K. 1976. Zarys fizjografii i stosunków geobotanicznych Pienin oraz charakterystyka wybranych biotopów. Fragm. faun. 21: 21-49. Woyciechowski M. 1985. Mrówki (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Małych Pienin - Karpaty. Acta zool. cracov. 28: 283-296. | |
| Author | Wojciech Czechowski, Wiesława Czechowska & Aleksandr Radchenko | |
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