{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"submitter":["Lapeva-Gjonova A"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Many faunistic studies on the myrmecofauna of Bulgaria have been carried out and about 180 ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from 43 genera and six subfamilies have been discovered as a result. Although the Bulgarian ant fauna is considered to be relatively well studied, the finding of unrecorded species continues, especially amongst the rare social parasites and the species with a more southern distribution in the Balkans.<h4>New information</h4>The current study presents data on 11 ant species recorded for the first time in Bulgaria (<i>Messorhellenius</i> Agosti & Collingwood, 1987, <i>M.mcarthuri</i> Steiner et al., 2018, <i>Crematogasterionia</i> Forel, 1911, <i>Monomoriummonomorium</i> Bolton, 1987, <i>Temnothoraxaeolius</i> (Forel, 1911), T.cf.exilis(formdarii"],"journal":["Biodiversity data journal"],"pagination":["e83658"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9848508"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["New and little-known ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bulgaria."],"pmcid":["PMC9848508"],"pubmed_authors":["Lapeva-Gjonova A","Borowiec L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"New and little-known ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bulgaria.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Many faunistic studies on the myrmecofauna of Bulgaria have been carried out and about 180 ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from 43 genera and six subfamilies have been discovered as a result. Although the Bulgarian ant fauna is considered to be relatively well studied, the finding of unrecorded species continues, especially amongst the rare social parasites and the species with a more southern distribution in the Balkans.<h4>New information</h4>The current study presents data on 11 ant species recorded for the first time in Bulgaria (<i>Messorhellenius</i> Agosti & Collingwood, 1987, <i>M.mcarthuri</i> Steiner et al., 2018, <i>Crematogasterionia</i> Forel, 1911, <i>Monomoriummonomorium</i> Bolton, 1987, <i>Temnothoraxaeolius</i> (Forel, 1911), T.cf.exilis(formdarii","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2026-04-08T12:44:10.467Z","creation":"2025-04-05T19:41:57.152Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9848508","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36761511"],"doi":["10.3897/BDJ.10.e83658"]}}