Lasius psammophilus nest mainly in sandy dune habitats 1.  read more »

1. 1. Seifert B .  1992.  A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the ant subgenus Lasius s. str. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Goerlitz. 66(5):1-66.

The three species cited for the Iberian Peninsula (P. jaegerskioeldi, P. longicornis and P. vividula) are exotic and have been recently introduced. A fourth species, P. flavipes (F.  read more »

Larvae of genus Camponotus have an special structure in its body: the praesaepium, a shallow pocket on ventral surface of anterior abdominal somites.  read more »

A new synonymy has been stablished between Plagiolepis obscuriscapa Santschi, 1923 and Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)1.  read more »

1. 1. Boer P .  2008.  Plagiolepis obscuriscapa Santschi, 1923, a junior synonym of Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) and the use of pigmentation as discriminating character in ant taxonomy. Zool. Med. Leiden. 82(43):495-488.

This is one of the most diverse genus in the Iberian Peninsula.  read more »