{"pk":39851,"title":"Cardiocondyla obscurior, a new alien ant in Crete  (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)","subtitle":null,"abstract":"We report for the first time the occurrence of the alien ant \nCardiocondyla obscurior \nWheeler, 1929 on the Greek island of Crete. \nCardiocondyla obscurior \nis one of many congeneric taxa with worldwide success as tramp species, having attained a cosmopolitan distribution while having Indomalayan origins. It was first detected in Europe in 1999, and since 2015 it has started to be found outdoors in Southern European countries. Our record is the first in Europe in which the species is observed to be established outdoors in an agricultural area instead of an urban environment. Introduced \nCardiocondyla \nants are generally thought to have little ecological impact, although targeted studies have been lacking. \nCardiocondyla obscurior \nis the third species of its genus to be found on the island of Crete, which is characterized by a remarkable ant diversity.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Greece"},{"word":"exotic species"},{"word":"Mediterranean islands"},{"word":"Cardiocondyla wroughtonii group"},{"word":"Myrmicinae"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0w91s5xt","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Enrico","middle_name":"","last_name":"Schifani","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Parma","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Christos","middle_name":"","last_name":"Georgiadis","name_suffix":"","institution":"National and Kapodistrian University of Athens","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Mattia","middle_name":"","last_name":"Menchetti","name_suffix":"","institution":"Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Univ. Pompeu Fabra)","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2023-12-18T13:21:46Z","date_accepted":"2023-12-18T13:21:46Z","date_published":"2024-02-27T17:53:46Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/biogeographia/article/39851/galley/30014/download/"}]}