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Leptothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854) | ||
| Familia | Formicidae | |
| Ordo | Hymenoptera | |
| Classis | Insecta | |
| Typus | Arthropoda | |
| Summary | Leptothorax albipennis is a rare and poorly known European species, a stenotope connected with dry and warm grassland habitat. In Poland it only occurs in the Pieniny Mountains where is associated with xerothermic and rock grassland. A threat to its existence is posed by overgrowing of these habitats with shrubs and trees. However, active protection of tall-herb communities carried out in the Pieniny National Park prevents this phenomenon. | |
| Literature | Czechowska W., Czechowski W. 1999. Leptothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) - nowy dla Polski gatunek mrówki. Przegl. zool. 43: 103-104.  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. Seifert B. 1994. Die freilebenden Ameisen Deutschlands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) und Angaben zu deren Taxonomie und Verbreitung. Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz, 67(1993): 1-44. Seifert B. 1996. Ameisen: beobachten, bestimmen. Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg, 352 ss. | |
| Author | Wojciech Czechowski, Wiesława Czechowska & Aleksandr Radchenko | |
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