Kiran, KadriKaraman, CelalHeinze, Juergen2024-06-122024-06-1220210361-6525https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.7224https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21814We report on the occurrence of the ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 in two sites in Northern and Eastern Turkey. Leptothorax kutteri is a workerless inquiline living in the colonies of L. acervorum (Fabricius, 1793) so far known from various parts of Northern and Central Europe. Our findings greatly increase the range of this small and rare ant.en10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.7224info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInquilinismSocial ParasitismBiodiversitySympatric SpeciationHymenoptera-FormicidaeParasitic AntsEvolutionArticle683Q4WOS:0006858921000102-s2.0-85114038206Q3