Review of the Aphaenogaster splendida Species-Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sebastian Salata; Celal Karaman; Kadri Kiran; Lech Borowiec

doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.2.008

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30 June 2021 Review of the Aphaenogaster splendida Species-Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sebastian Salata, Celal Karaman, Kadri Kiran, Lech Borowiec

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Annales Zoologici, 71(2):297-343 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.2.008

Abstract

Members of the Aphaenogaster splendida group are reviewed. We recognize 12 species, of which three are new: A. hamaensissp. nov. (Syria), A. peloponnesiacasp. nov. (continental Greece), and A. vohralikisp. nov. (Turkey). Species status is restored for Aphaenogaster schmitziForel, 1910stat. rev., and Aphaenogaster transcaucasicaKaravaiev, 1926stat. nov. is raised to the species rank. Aphaenogaster schmitziForel, 1910 is recognized as a senior synonym of Aphaenogaster schmitzi syriaForel, 1910syn. nov. and Aphaenogaster ovaticepsEmery, 1898 is recognizes as a senior synonym of Aphaenogaster muellerianaWolf, 1915syn. nov. Detailed descriptions, measurements, habitat and nesting preferences, and activity of workers of all 12 species are given. Keys to workers and known gynes, and photographs of all species and their known castes are presented.

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Sebastian Salata, Celal Karaman, Kadri Kiran, and Lech Borowiec "Review of the Aphaenogaster splendida Species-Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)," Annales Zoologici 71(2), 297-343, (30 June 2021). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.2.008

Received: 22 December 2020; Accepted: 20 February 2021; Published: 30 June 2021

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