TY - JOUR AU - Kiran, K. AU - Karaman, C. AU - Lapeva-Gjonova, A. AU - Aksoy, V. T1 - Two new species of the "ultimate" parasitic ant genus Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Palaearctic JF - Myrmecological News Y1 - 2017 DA - 2017 PB - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics SN - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500 N1 - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_025:145 DO - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_025:145 SP - 145-155 KW - Taxonomy, ants, Formicidae, Teleutomyrmex, social parasites, new species, Turkey, Bulgaria. AB - Two new "ultimate" parasitic ant species, Teleutomyrmex seiferti Kiran & Karaman sp.n. and Teleutomyrmex buschingeri LAPEVA-GJONOVA sp.n., are described from one site each in Turkey and Bulgaria. The hosts belong to Tetramorium cf. chefketi Forel, 1911. The findings increase the number of described Teleutomyrmex species to four. JA - Myrmecological News M3 - Original Article VL - 25