Taxonomic Revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea Species Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Dominik Zięcina; Mattia Menchetti; Lech Borowiec; Gregor Bračko; Albena Lapeva-Gjonova; Roger Vila; Sebastian Salata

doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.002

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30 June 2024 Taxonomic Revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea Species Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Dominik Zięcina, Mattia Menchetti, Lech Borowiec, Gregor Bračko, Albena Lapeva-Gjonova, Roger Vila, Sebastian Salata

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Annales Zoologici, 74(2):237-282 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.002

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Based on the recent developments by studies on the Aphaenogaster subterranea group and new molecular data, we provide a revision that summarizes the knowledge on the diversity and distribution of its members. We describe two species new to science: A. asterioni Borowiec, Menchetti, Salata, Vila & Zięcina sp. nov. and A. tristis Borowiec, Menchetti, Salata, Vila & Zięcina sp. nov. Aphaenogaster lesbica Forel, 1913 syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of A. subterranea (Latreille, 1798); A. kurdica Ruzsky, 1905 is excluded from the subterranea species group, and the following species are redescribed: A. epirotes (Emery, 1895), A. holtzi (Emery, 1898), and A. subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922. A key to workers of all species belonging to the subterranea species group is proposed. Lectotypes are designated for: A. ichnusa Santschi, 1925, A. holtzi (Emery, 1898), and A. subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922.

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Dominik Zięcina, Mattia Menchetti, Lech Borowiec, Gregor Bračko, Albena Lapeva-Gjonova, Roger Vila, and Sebastian Salata "Taxonomic Revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea Species Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)," Annales Zoologici 74(2), 237-282, (30 June 2024). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.002

Received: 15 January 2024; Accepted: 20 March 2024; Published: 30 June 2024

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