01495nas a2200169 4500008004100000245009000041210006900131260001500200300001200215490000700227520096800234100002201202700001901224700001701243700001901260856004601279 2021 eng d00aReview of the Aphaenogaster splendida species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).0 aReview of the iAphaenogaster splendidai speciesgroup Hymenoptera c2021-06-30 a297-3430 v713 a

Members of the Aphaenogaster splendida group are reviewed. We recognize 12 species, of which three are new: A. hamaensis sp. nov. (Syria), A. peloponnesiaca sp. nov. (continental Greece), and A. vohraliki sp. nov. (Turkey). Species status is restored for Aphaenogaster schmitzi Forel, 1910 stat. rev., and Aphaenogaster transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1926 stat. nov. is raised to the species rank. Aphaenogaster schmitzi Forel, 1910 is recognized as a senior synonym of Aphaenogaster schmitzi syria Forel, 1910 syn. nov. and Aphaenogaster ovaticeps Emery, 1898 is recognized as a senior synonym of Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1915 syn. 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.

1 aSalata, Sebastian1 aKaraman, Celal1 aKiran, Kadri1 aBorowiec, Lech uhttps://greekants.myspecies.info/node/545