Myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bozcaada Island of Türkiye

Authors : Nermin Toptaş, Celal Karaman

Pages : 793-808

Doi:10.17714/gumusfenbil.1421521

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Publication Date : 2024-09-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Ants, keystone organisms of the nature, show great diversity in the Mediterranean basin. In addition to the mainland, the islands of the Mediterranean countries have great importance and species diversity in terms of ants. In the present study, the ant fauna of Bozcaada, the third largest island of Türkiye was investigated. Ant specimens were collected from Bozcaada in 2018-2019 by means of the aspirator. As a result of evaluation of 700 ant samples collected from the island, 60 species belonging to 4 subfamilies and 22 genera were identified. Among these, the subfamily Ponerinae, 10 genera and 48 species were recorded for the first time for the ant fauna of Bozcaada. The ant faunas of the Greek islands Samos, Chios and Lesbos, which are located closer to the Turkish mainland than the Turkish islands, Bozcaada and Gökçeada were compared with the Bray-Curtis similarity analysis.
Keywords : Karınca, Biyolojik çeşitlilik, Bray Curtis benzerlik analizi, Faunistik, Akdeniz Bölgesi