Losing a non-native, gaining an endemic: Description of Camponotus (Myrmentoma) limbouros sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Cyprus.

Jakovos Demetriou, Bonnie B Blaimer, Christos Georgiadis, Jody H Voges, Benoit Guénard, Lech Borowiec, Sebastian Salata

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Jakovos DemetriouLaboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology, Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, BFC RAF Akrotiri BFPO 57, Akrotiri, Cyprus Laboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology, Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus Akrotiri Cyprus.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5273-7109

Bonnie B BlaimerMuseum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Berlin, Germany Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery Berlin Germany https://ror.org/052d1a351.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8961-9998

Christos GeorgiadisSection of Zoology - Marine Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece Section of Zoology - Marine Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece https://ror.org/04gnjpq42.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2728-3122

Jody H VogesMuseum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Berlin, Germany Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery Berlin Germany https://ror.org/052d1a351.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9147-4533

Benoit GuénardSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China https://ror.org/02zhqgq86.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7144-1175

Lech BorowiecUniversity of Wrocław, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Myrmecological Laboratory, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland University of Wrocław, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Myrmecological Laboratory Wrocław Poland https://ror.org/00yae6e25.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-6855

Sebastian SalataUniversity of Wrocław, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Myrmecological Laboratory, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland University of Wrocław, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Myrmecological Laboratory Wrocław Poland https://ror.org/00yae6e25.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0811-2309

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Abstract

The ever-growing movement of people and goods across the world has resulted in the translocation of tens of thousands of species outside their native ranges, including more than 500 species of ants. However, the native ranges of some non-native species are still unclear and further research using molecular tools is needed. Situated in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus hosts a high percentage of both endemic and non-native ant taxa, with the latter species posing a threat to this native biodiversity, society, and the economy. The lack of up-to-date taxonomic revisions for many genera and knowledge gaps regarding the myrmecofauna of Western Asia and the Middle East pose challenges for the identification of some taxa, including a previously reported morphospecies labelled

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PMID42877524

DOI10.3897/zookeys.1294.205360

PMCPMC13662622

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