@article {569, title = {Review of the Camponotus samius complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Turano-Balkan region, with the description of a new species from Iran}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4763}, year = {2020}, month = {04/2022}, pages = {545-562}, chapter = {545}, abstract = {

Here we define the Camponotus samius complex, a distinct subunit within the compressus-sylvaticus group, and revise\ the species known from the Turano-Balkan region (the Balkans, Middle East, Anatolia, Caucasus, Iran and W Turkestan).\ We confirm the presence of six species of the complex from the Turano-Balkan region, and we provide diagnoses and a key. Additionally, based on new material from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran, we describe Camponotus\ bakhtiariensis sp. nov.\—a new member of the samius complex.

}, keywords = {eastern Mediterranean, key to species, Tanaemyrmex, taxonomy, western Turanian}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.5}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan and Borowiec, Lech} }