@article {585, title = {Ants of Greece {\textendash} checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Genus}, volume = {23}, year = {2012}, month = {12/2012}, pages = {461-563}, chapter = {461}, abstract = {

A list of 291 ant species recorded from Greece are given but approximately 15\% of taxa need confirmation due to recent studies on European ants and reinterpretation of several taxa. The following 17 species are recorded from Greece for the first time: Camponotus sannini tohm\é \& tohm\é, Crematogaster jehovae ForeL, Formica bruni Kutter, Lasius jensi SeiFert, Lasius nitidigaster SeiFert, Lepisiota dolabellae (ForeL), Myrmica lonae Finzi, Myrmica tulinae eLmeS, radchenKo \& aKta\ç, Temnothorax flavicornis (emery), Temnothorax sordidulus (m\üLLer), Temnothorax turcicus (SantSchi), Tetramorium hungaricum r\öSzLer, and five species not attributed to a named species: Camponotus cf. lateralis sp. 1, Camponotus cf. lateralis sp. 2, Lepisiota cf. melas sp. 1, Lepisiota cf. syriaca sp. 1, and Tetramorium cf. caespitum sp. 1. Camponotus candiotes is recorded as new species to Croatia. New faunistic data for 132 other species are given.

}, keywords = {Ants, catalogue, entomology, Greece, zoogeography}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {570, title = {Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Crete, with keys to species determination and zoogeographical remarks}, journal = {Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum}, volume = {12}, year = {2020}, month = {04/2020}, pages = {5-296}, chapter = {5}, abstract = {

We present the first critical review of all Formicidae species found on Crete. Samples were collected from 302 localities, dispersed on the whole island (Prefectures of Chania \– 75, Heraklion \– 86, Lasithi \– 74 and Rethymnon \– 67). As a result, we present a detailed catalogue of 100 Cretan ant species, representatives of 6 subfamilies and 28 genera, with keys to their determination. The most diverse genera are Temnothorax (17 species), Camponotus (11) and Tetramorium (9). Additionally, we provide the very first documentation of Tapinoma festae male genitalia. All species and keys to their determination are illustrated, short notes on their biology, as well as maps on their distribution on the island, are also given.\ Among 18 known endemic species 89\% belong to the Myrmicinae subfamily. With 8 endemic species the Temnothorax genus is the most diverse in this group. Among all species recorded from Crete we could distinguish 14 chorotypes. The dominant groups are chorotypes of species more or less widely spread in the Mediterranean countries. They represent 59\% of known ant fauna of Crete. Among them the dominant are Mediterranean (23\%), Aegaean (13\%) and NE-Mediterranean (9\%). Nevertheless, alarming is also a high percentage of invasive taxa recorded from the island (10\%).

}, keywords = {Ants, biodiversity, catalogue, endemic, key to species, key togenera, Mediterranean, zoogeography}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3738001}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech and Trichas, Apostolos} }