Author:
Czechowski, W.

Year:
2005

DOI:
10.25849/myrmecol.news_007:043

Title:
Nest competition between Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763) and Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Białowieża Forest (Poland)

Journal:
Myrmecological News

Volume:
7

Pages:
43-45

URL:
www.myrmecologicalnews.org

Keywords:
Ants, Camponotus vagus, Camponotus herculeanus, Formica fusca, competition, plesiobiosis.

Abstract:
A conflict for a nesting site between two dendrophilous ant species, Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763) and C. herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Białowieża Forest (Poland) is described. A colony of the former unsuccessfully tried to take over a log dwelled by a colony of the latter and its plesiobiotic partner, a colony of Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758. A competitive basis and a course of the conflict are discussed.

Publisher:
The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics

ISSN:
Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500