The myrmecofauna of Serbia is still insufficiently investigated. In the past ants were not a challenge for the entomologists of Serbia, only a few of which paid attention to ants and registered some ant species among other insect species. Živojinović (1950) registered 18 species of ants in the forest region of Majdanpek (Serbia), although he considered some valid species (Lasius alienus, L. brunneus, Camponotus herculeanus, and Formica pratensis) as subspecies. Vogrin (1955) elaborated Hymenoptera Aculeata of Yugoslavia, and registered 16 species of ants in Serbia (Srem). Gradojević (1963) listed 11 species of ants of Deliblatska Peščara (Deliblato Sands) (Vojvodina, Serbia)

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17PArch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 57 (3), 17P-18P, 2005.CONTRIBUTION TO THE MYRMECOFAUNA (FORMICIDAE, HYMENOPTERA) OF MT.KOPAONIK (SERBIA). I. Z Petrov. Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11000Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.UDC 595.796(497.11Kopaonik)The myrmecofauna of Serbia is still insufficiently investigated.In the past, ants were not a challenge for the entomologists ofSerbia, only a few of which paid attention to ants and registeredsome ant species among other insect species. Živojinović(1950)  registered 18  species  of ants in the forest region ofMajdanpek (Serbia), although he considered some valid species(Lasius alienus,  L. brunneus,  Camponotus herculeanus, andFormica pratensis) as subspecies.  Vogrin(1955) elaboratedHymenoptera Aculeata of Yugoslavia, and registered 16 speciesof ants in Serbia (Srem).  Gradojević (1963) listed 11species of ants of Deliblatska Peščara  (Deliblato Sands)(Vojvodina,  Serbia).The first data on the myrmecofauna of Serbia can be foundin a work of Petrov(1986), who registered eight genera and12 species on Mt. Jastrebac (Serbia). Petrovand Mesaroš(1988) found 14 species from nine genera in the Stara PlaninaMountains (Serbia).  Petrov(1992) listed 55 ant speciesknown for Serbia by that time.  Petrovand Collingwood(1993) described a new species (Formica balcanina), whichbelonged to the Formica cinerea group and replaced  F. cinereaon  the  Balkan  Penninsula.  The  holotype was taken fromRošijana (Deliblatska Peščara, 15 July 1987), about 70 kmnortheast of Belgrade. Petrov(1994) elaborated the myrme-cofauna of Deliblatska Peščara and registered 32 species in itswide area. He subsequently (2002a) added 14 more species tothe myrmecofauna of Deliblatska peščara. Petrov(1995)gave a preliminary list of the ants of Yugoslavia that included136 species,  92  of  which  were registered in Serbia.Collingwoodand Petrov(1999) registered 17 newspecies in the myrmecofauna of Yugoslavia. Petrov(2000)listed 160 ant species in the myrmecofauna of Yugoslavia, 140being found in Serbia.  The following year,  Petrov(2001)listed 19 species of ants in the Jevremovac Botanical Garden inBelgrade. Later, Petrov(2002b) registered 75 species of antsin Vojvodina (Serbia). The same author (2002c) found 67species in the myrmecofauna of Banat Province (Vojvodina,Serbia).Mount Kopaonik figured in some of these investigations,but species were not indicated.Ants were collected on Mt. Kopaonik by the author andsome of his colleagues and friends after accidental findings andin searching for potential nests.Janković (1962) mentioned 18 species of ants of grass-land communities on Mt. Kopaonik. The ants collected wereidentified by Samšinak. However, the valid species Formicalemani was identified as a subspecies (F. fusca lemani) in hislist.The presented list of ants  consists of 32 species belongingto four subfamilies (Ponerinae, Myrmicinae, Dolichoderinae,Formicinae) (Table 1). In the presented list include nine speciescollected by Janković (Ponera coarctata, Myrmica sabuleti, M.scabrinodis, M. schencki, Tapinoma erraticum, Lasius alienus,L. flavus, Formicarufa, and F. sp.).Comparing these results with some former ones, we seethat some of the species found on Mt. Kopaonik have been reg-istered before at other localities in Serbia.  Thus, Živoji-nović (1950) recorded elsewhere 12 of the species found byus on Mt. Kopaonik (Ponera coarctata,  Myrmica rubra,  M.scabrinodis,  Tetramorium caespitum,  Tapinoma erraticum,Lasius alienus, L. brunneus, L. niger, Camponotus herculeanus,Formica gagates, F. pratensis, and  F. rufa). According toPetrov(1986) seven species ( Ponera coarctata,  Myrmicasabuleti, Lasius alienus, L. flavus, Camponotus herculeanus,Formica cunicularia, and F. gagates) found in oak-tree commu-nities at Mt. Jastrebac (Serbia) were the same as those found onMt. Kopaonik.  In some meadows and pastures in the StaraPlanina Mountains (Serbia), Petrovand Mesaroš(1988)registered seven of the species found by us on Mt. Kopaonik(Myrmica lobicornis, M. rubra, Lasius alienus, L. brunneus,Formica cunicularia, F. pratensis, and F. rufibarbis).According to avaliable data on ant species of formerYugoslavia some of the species found at Mt. Kopaonik havebeen recorded before in certain republics. Doflein(1920)registered  Myrmica rubra,  Tetramorium caespitum,  Lasiusfuliginosus, L. niger, Camponotus hrculeanus, Formica rufa,and F. sanguinea  in  the  Former  Yugoslav  Republic  ofMacedonia. Zimmermann(1934, 1934a) found  Myrmicasabuleti, Tetramorium caespitum, Tapinoma erraticum, Lasiusalienus, L. brunneus, L. distiguendus, L. flavus, L. fuliginosus,L. niger, Formica fusca, F. gagtes, F. lemani, and F. rufa inSouthern  Dalmatia, on  the coast of Montenegro,  and onKvarner islands. Also, Vogrin(1955) registered the speciesMyrmica lobicornis, M. rubra, M. ruginodis, M. scabrinodis,Leptothorax acervorum,  Tetramorium caespitum,  Tapinomaerraticum, Lasius brunneus, L. flavus, L. fuliginosus, L. niger,Camponotus herculeanus,  C.  ligniperdus,  Formica fusca,  F.gagates, F. pratensis, F. rufa, F. rufibarbis, and F. sanguinea inCroatia and some localities in  Serbia  (Srem).   Bračko(2000) in his review of the ant fauna of Slovenia registeredalmost all species found at Mt. Kopaonik. The only ones he didnot mention are  Leptothoraxangustulus,  Lasius fuliginosus,Camponotus ligniperdus and Formica glauca.According to these investigations myrmecofauna of Mt.Kopaonik consists ofHolarctic (Lasius alienus, L. niger, andFormica fusca);Palearctic (Myrmica rubra, M. schencki, M.18Pruginodis, Tetramoruium caespitum, Lasius brunneus, L. flavus,Formica cunicularia, F. lemani, F. rufibarbis,  and F. san-guinea);European( Manica rubida, Myrmica scabrinodis, Lep-tothorax acervorum, Tetramorium caespitum, Tapinomaerraticum, Camponotus ligniperdus, Lasius fuliginosus, Formi-ca rufa, and F. rufibarbis);andEuroasian( Formica pratensis)species.  In addition, some Mediterranean species (Tapinomaerraticum, and Formica gagates)(Stitz, 1939; Bernard,1968; Collingwood, 1979; Seifert, 1988;Paraschivescu, 1993) were registered as well (Table 1).The ant diversity of Mt. Kopaonik is shown by the pres-ence of species living in different habitats. To be specific, someof the species prefer open, warm habitats (Tetramorium caespi-tum, Tapinoma erraticum, Formica cunicularia, and F. rufibar-bis,). However, species preferring covered habitats (Myrmicarubra, M. sabuleti, and Formica pratensis), and ones that toler-ate humid habitats (Myrmica scabrinodis, Lasius flavus, and L.fuliginosus) were also found, as well as one species lives at theedges of woods, or in woods (Ponera coarctata,) (Stitz, 1939;Bernard, 1968; Collingwood, 1979) (Table 1).All of the species found on Mt. Kopaonik could have beenexpected. However, the finding of Manica rubida was the firstrecord of that species in the myrmecofauna of Serbia, althoughAgostiand Collingwood(1987) found the given speciesin the former Yugoslavia. They did not specify a locality, but itwas probably not in Serbia because their data pertain mostly toants from the Adriatic Coast, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, FormerYugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Cernica at Kosovo andMetohija.This is just a beginning of investigations on the myrmeco-fauna of Mt. Kopaonik, and these results must therefore be con-sidered only preliminary.Acknowledgments:I want to express my gratitude to Mrs. PavelkaĆirić, Inst.itue of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgradefor her help in writing the English version of the text.References: -  Agosti,  D.,  Collingwood, C. A. (1987).  Bull. Soc. Ento-mol. Suisse 60, 51-62.  -  Bernard,  F.  (1968)  Masson  et  Cie. Edi-teurs, Paris , 1-411. - Bračko, G. (2000).  Acta Biologica Slovenica,Ljubljana, 43, (4), 37-54. - Collingwood, C. A. (1979). -  Fauna Ent.Scandinavica 8, 1-174. -  Collingwood,  C. A., Petrov, I. Z. (1999) Arch.Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 51(3), 159-162. - Doflein, F. (1920). 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Kopaonik._________________________________________________________________Subfam.: PONERINAEPonera coarctata (Latreille) 1802Subfam.: MYRMICINAEManica rubida Latreille 1802Myrmica lobicornis Nylander 1846M. rubra (L.) 1758M. ruginodis Nylander 1846M. sabuleti Meinert 1861M. scabrinodis Nylander 1846M. schencki Emery 1895Leptothorax acervorum (F.) 1793L. angustulus (Nylander) 1856Tetramorium caespitum (L.) 1758Subfam.: DOLICHODERINAETapinoma erraticum (Latreille) 1798Subfam.: FORMICINAELasius alienus (Foerster) 1850L. brunneus (Latreille) 1798L. distiguendus (Emery) 1916L. flavus (F.) 1781L. fuliginosus (Latreille) 1798L. niger (L.) 1758L. psamophilus Seifert 1992L. sp.Camponotus herculeanus (L.) 1758C. ligniperdus (Laatreille) 1802Formica cunicularia Latreille 1798F. fusca L. 1758F. gagates Latreille 1798F. glauca Ruzsky 1895F. lemani Bondroit 1917F. pratensis Retzius 1783F. rufa L. 1758F. rufibarbis Fabricius 1793F. sanguinea Latreille 1798F. sp._________________________________________________________________

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