TY  - JOUR
AU  - Czechowski, W.
AU  - Radchenko, A.
T1  - Formica lusatica Seifert, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an ant species new to Finland, with notes on its biology and the description of males
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2006
DA  - 2006
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_008:257
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_008:257
SP  - 257-262
KW  - Ants, Formica lusatica, Formica sanguinea, fauna, taxonomy, description of male, ecology, social parasitism, Finland.
AB  - A taxonomically problematic ant species from southernmost Finland, so far determined as Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 or / and F. cunicularia Latreille, 1798, is identified as Formica lusatica Seifert, 1997. This is the first report of this species from Finland. Aspects of the biology of F. lusatica under the local conditions, and especially its relations with Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798, are presented and the description of its males is given.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Original Article
VL  - 8