DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_007:043

Open Access: CC BY 4.0

Author:

Czechowski, W.



Year: 2005

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

Type of contribution: Original Article

Supplementary material: No

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.

Open access, licensed under CC BY 4.0. © 2005 The Author(s).



Key words:

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



Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics

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