TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tartally, A.
AU  - Varga, Z.
T1  - Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): the first data on host-ant specificity of Maculinea nausithous (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Hungary
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2005
DA  - 2005
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_007:055
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_007:055
SP  - 55-59
KW  - Maculinea nausithous, Myrmica rubra, host-ant specificity, Hungary.
AB  - In total, 58 overwintered Maculinea nausithous (BERGSTRÄSSER, 1779) larvae were found in nests of Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) from three sites in West Hungary. These results confirm that M. rubra is, in general, the host ant of M. nausithous. Twenty-eight larvae of M. nausithous and eight larvae of M. teleius (BERGSTRÄSSER, 1779) were found in a single M. rubra nest, which is a huge density for predacious butterfly species.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Original Article
VL  - 7