@article {584, title = {Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from three northern Aegean islands {\textendash} Lemnos, Samothraki and Thasos}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {31}, year = {2022}, month = {11/2022}, pages = {1-14}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

We provide a list of 27 ant species from Lemnos (26 new to the island), 50 species from Samothraki (44 new to the island), and additional data of 8 species new to Thasos. Tapinoma magnum Mayr collected on Thasos is the first certain record from Greece. Camponotus baldaccii Emery, Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus), Temnothorax angustifrons Cs\ösz, Heinze \& Mik\ó, Temnothorax brackoi Salata \& Borowiec, Temnothorax smyrnensis (Forel), Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvil, and Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko) are new to Thrace.

}, keywords = {Ants, faunistics, Greece, Lemnos, Samothraki, Thasos}, issn = {0867-1966}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7346453}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Lebas, Claude and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {566, title = {Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Thassos Island, Greece}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {31}, year = {2022}, month = {02/2022}, pages = {1-15}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

A list of 52 ant species and 6 morphospecies collected recently from 36 sampling sites on Thassos island is given. Aphaenogaster festae Emery, Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, and Myrmoxenus gordiagini Ruzsky are recorded from Greek Macedonia for the first time.

}, keywords = {Ants, faunistics, Greece, Macedonia, Thassos}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.61232871}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {565, title = {Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification}, journal = {Arthropod Systematics \& Phylogeny}, volume = {80}, year = {2022}, month = {11/2022}, pages = {627-648}, chapter = {627}, abstract = {

The West-Palearctic region is a diversity hotspot for the ant genus Aphaenogaster. Species in this region are characterized by high morphological variation, which has led to their subdivisioninto different infrageneric groups. The very first classification in three subgenera, dated 1915, was gradually replaced by eight species-groups. To probe the evolutionary consistency of these species-groups, we sequenced 46 species from all eight species-groups and biogeographic sectors of the region, using one mitochondrial (COI) and six nuclear markers (EPICs), and interpreted the results by integrating qualitative morphology. Our results demonstrate the non-monophyly of all formerly recognized subgenera and species-groups, except for the crocea group. We use the phylogeny and morphological characters to propose a new classification of six monophyletic species-groups (crocea, gibbosa, graeca, pallida, sardoa, subterranea). The pallida, subterranea and sardoa (formerly testaceopilosa) groups attain monophyletic status by reassigning a few taxa. The gibbosa group is to be considered exclusively Western-Mediterranean until further assessments of similar Eastern species. The new graeca group is established by including former members of the splendida and subterranea groups, while the polyphyletic cecconii, obsidiana, and splendida groups are dismissed. Notably, the first is not part of the tropical Deromyrma clade as previously thought, while at least two independent clades which require further investigation are composed of species from both the cecconii and splendida groups, suggesting repeated morphological convergences based on similar ecological adaptations. Finally, A. cardenai is confirmed to be a significantly divergent lineage. In addition, three Aphaenogaster species are moved to different genera: Messor asmaae (Sharaf, 2018) comb. nov., Messor isekram (Bernard, 1977) comb. nov., and Pheidole sarae (Sharaf, 2018) comb. nov. Further studies should address the evolutionary relationships between the clades recovered in this study.

}, keywords = {apomorphy, biogeography, diversification, Mediterranean fauna, morphological convergence, Myrmicinae, plesiomorphy}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e84428}, author = {Schifani, Enrico and Alicata, Antonio and Menchetti, Mattia and Borowiec, Lech and Fisher, Brian L. and Karaman, Celal and Kiran, Kadri and Oueslati, Wala and Salata, Sebastian and Blatrix, Rumsa{\"\i}s} } @article {556, title = {A review of the Temnothorax anodontoides species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Greece.}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {1091}, year = {2022}, month = {2022-04-01}, pages = {139-159}, chapter = {139}, abstract = {

A review of the Greek members of the Temnothorax anodontoides species-group revealed three species new to science: Temnothorax euboeae sp. nov. (Sterea Ellas, Euboea Island), Temnothorax arkasi sp. nov. (Peloponnese, Arcadia) and Temnothorax parnonensis sp. nov. (Peloponnese, Arcadia and Lakonia). The diagnoses of Temnothorax ikarosi Salata, Borowiec \& Trichas, 2018 and T. anodontoides (Dlussky \& Zabelin, 1985) are updated based of the new discoveries. Additionally, presence of the latter species in Greece is discussed and its distribution range revised. All members of the anodontoides species-group are associated with alpine and rocky habitats such as pastures and thermophilous forests. A dichotomous key to the anodontoides species-group from Greece is given.

}, keywords = {Myrmicinae, new species, taxonomy, Temnothorax anodontoides group}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1091.79085}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=79085\&journal_name=zookeys}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} }