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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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
Vol. 71 • No. 2
June 2021
Vol. 71 • No. 2
June 2021
ants
biogeography
key
Mediterranean Subregion
new species