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Twenty-three authors have attempted, in thirteen chapters, to summarize what is currently known about red wood ants. Red wood ants belong to the subgenus Formica sensu stricto or the F. rufa group and are distributed throughout the Holarctic. The book could be considered a successor of the two-volumed Die Waldameise by Karl Gößwald (1989, 1990), which contained over 1170 pages.With the aid of two identification keys, the 13 Palearctic species and the 17–19 Nearctic species can be identified. In a remarkable contrast between both keys, the identification of the Palaearctic species requires a great deal of biometrical observations, which is hardly the case for the Nearctic species. Identification keys suggest a uniformity in species recognition, but an unequivocal identification up to the species level appears not always possible, especially with Palaearctic material. Two species can be identified as separate gene pools, but when they hybridise can form stable hybrid populations. These hybrids show morphologically intermediate types, genetic mixtures.In the discussion on hybridization, mtDNA haplotypes and distributions the book does not refer to the deliberate relocation of red wood ants over the entire European continent. The rationale for the transfer to areas poorly provided with red wood ants or lacking
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie – Brill
Published: Nov 30, 2017
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