@article {590, title = {Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Corfu Island, Greece}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {30}, year = {2021}, month = {02/2021}, pages = {1-19}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Sixty five ant species collected from 53 sampling sites were recorded from the Corfu Island (Ionian Islands). The checklist includes eight morphospecies not assigned to any formally described taxon. Temnothorax italicus Consani \& Zangheri, 1952 is recorded from Greece for the first time. Additionally, the ant fauna of Corfu is compared with three other large Ionian Islands \– Cephalonia, Lefkada and Zakynthos.

}, keywords = {Ants, Corfu, faunistics, Greece, Ionian Islands, taxonomy}, issn = {0867-1966}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {589, title = {Aphaenogaster illyrica, a new species from the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {862}, year = {2019}, month = {07/2019}, pages = {89-107}, chapter = {89}, abstract = {

Aphaenogaster illyrica sp. nov., a member of the A. subterranea species group, is described from Dinaric Alps of Slovenia and Croatia, from Gole\šnica Mt. in north Macedonia, Osogovo-Belasica Massif of southwestern Bulgaria, and from Kerkini Mts. of Greek Macedonia. It is characterised by large body size, moderately sculptured head, elevated mesonotum, and long propodeal spines. Its habitat preferences are discussed. A key to the Aphaenogaster graeca complex is provided.

}, keywords = {Aphaenogaster subterranea species group, Mediterranean Region, Superficial Subterranean Habitat, taxonomy}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.862.32946}, author = {Gregor Bra{\v c}ko and Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena and Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech and Polak, Slavko} } @article {588, title = {Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {523}, year = {2015}, month = {09/2015}, pages = {129-148}, chapter = {129}, abstract = {

Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) is redescribed basing on a new material from southwestern Turkey (Antalya province), Lesbos and Rhodes (Greece, Aegean and Dodecanese islands). The gyne of this species is described for the first time. Temnothorax curtisetosus, a new species of social parasite collected in a nest of T. antigoni, is described. Colour photos of both taxa are given. A key to the worker caste of the eastern Mediterranean species belonging to both T. recedens and T. muellerianus groups are provided.

}, keywords = {Crematogastrini, Greece, Mediterranean Subregion, taxonomy, Temnothorax, Turkey}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.523.6103}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @article {587, title = {Redescription of Camponotus nitidescens Forel, 1889, new status and notes on ants from Kefalonia, Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Genus}, volume = {25}, year = {2014}, month = {09/2014}, pages = {499-517}, chapter = {499}, abstract = {

Camponotus kiesenwetteri r. nitidescens Forel, 1889 described from Kefalonia island is removed from synonyms of C. piceus (leach, 1825) and raised to the rank of species. List of 54 ant species collected in Kefalonia in 2014, with 24 species new to the island, and complete check-list of 76 ant species recorded hitherto from this island are given.

}, keywords = {entomology, Formicidae, Greece, Hymenoptera, Ionian Islands, taxonomy, zoogeography}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {586, title = {Ants of Greece {\textendash} additions and corrections (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Genus}, volume = {24}, year = {2013}, month = {12/2012}, pages = {335-401}, chapter = {335}, abstract = {

Below we present additions to our earlier contribution to the knowledge of the ants of Greece. The following taxonomic changes are proposed: Aphaenogaster rugosoferruginea ForeL, 1889 is raised to the species rank, Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935 and Temnothorax rogeri emery, 1869 are excluded from synonyms and treated as good species. The following new synonyms are proposed: Camponotus sanctus ForeL, 1904 = Camponotus maculatus subsp. symiensis ForeL, 1910, = Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) compressus var. cosensis FinZi, 1939; Cataglyphis nodus (BruLL\é, 1833) = Cataglyphis bicolor var. rufiventris emery, 1925; Cataglyphis aenescens (nyLander, 1849) = Myrmecocystus cursor var. hellenicus ForeL, 1886, = Myrmecocystys cursor var. cretica ForeL, 1910. Temnothorax rogeri and Aphaenogaster rugosoferruginea are redescribed, gynes of Aphaenogaster rugosoferruginea and Oxyopomyrmex krueperi ForeL, 1911 are described for the first time and characters distinguished Lasius illyricus from Lasius emarginatus are given. Camponotus honaziensis Karaman \& aKta\ç, 2013, Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935, Myrmica hirsuta eLmeS, 1978, Oxyopomyrmex santschii ForeL, 1904 and Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus ForeL, 1874 are recorded from Greece for the first time and first certain record of Tapinoma madeirense ForeL, 1895 is given, 28 species are excluded from list of Greek ants. New faunistic data for 36 other species are given. Revised check-list of Greek ants reports 278 species, 19 of them without a formal name.

}, keywords = {entomology, faunistics, Formicidae, Greece, Hymenoptera, new records, redescriptions, synonymy, taxonomy}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.11430}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {578, title = {Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Samos Island, Greece}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {27}, year = {2018}, month = {11/2018}, pages = {1-13}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Fifty and six ant species are recorded from the Samos Island (North Aegean) including seven not attributed to any formally described taxon. Aphaenogaster subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922, Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata \& Borowiec, 2015 and Temnothorax smyrnenis (Forel, 1911) are new to Greece and Europe; Crematogaster erectepilosa Salata \& Borowiec, 2015, Ponera coarctata (Latreill e, 1802), Temnothorax angustifrons Cs\ösz, Heinze \& Mik\ó, 2015 and Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti \& Collingwood, 1987 are new to the East Aegean Islands. Leptothorax bulgaricus ssp. smyrnenis Forel, 1911 is raised to the species rank as Temnothorax smyrnenis (Forel, 1911) new status.

}, keywords = {Ants, faunistics, Greece-Northern Aegean Islands, Samos, taxonomy}, issn = {0867-1966}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1481802}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {577, title = {Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Zakynthos Island, Greece}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {27}, year = {2018}, month = {11/2018}, pages = {1-13}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Forty five ant species were recorded from the Zakynthos Island (Ionian Islands)in 2018, including seven not attributed to any formally described taxon. A comparison of ant fauna of Zakynthos with ant fauna of Samos islands is presented. Both islands have similar surface area (405.6 versus 476.4 km2) and are placed almost on the same latitude (37\°) but represent the most western and the most eastern fauna complexes in Greece; 78 species and morphospecies were recorded from both islands but only 23 species are common.

}, keywords = {Ants, East Aegean Islands, faunistics, Greece, Samos, taxonomy}, issn = {0867-1966}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1481794}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {573, title = {Review of the Camponotus kiesenwetteri group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Aegean with the description of a new species}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {899}, year = {2019}, pages = {85-107}, chapter = {85}, abstract = {

Based on recently collected material, the Camponotus kiesenwetteri group is redefined, and its members known from the Aegean region are diagnosed. Camponotus schulzi sp. nov. is described from {\.I}zmir Province, Turkey. Camponotus nadimi Tohm\é, 1969 syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of Camponotus libanicus Andr\é, 1881 and Camponotus kiesenwetteri cyprius Emery, 1920 syn. nov. as a junior synonym of Camponotus kiesenwetteri (Roger, 1859). A key to workers of species of the C. kiesenwetteri group is provided. Niche modeling analyses are used to account for species habitat suitability across the Aegean region.

}, keywords = {Aegean Region, carpenter ants, Myrmentoma, new synonym, niche modelling, taxonomy}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.899.46933}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Loss, Ana Carolina and Karaman, Celal and Kiran, Kadri and Borowiec, Lech} } @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} } @article {568, title = {Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Western Greece}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {30}, year = {2021}, month = {10/2021}, pages = {1-23}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

In total, 77 ant species collected from 40 sampling sites were recorded from the Western Greece administrative region, including 76 from the Achaia regional unit of Peloponnese and 31 from the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Sterea Ellas. Myrmecocystus cursor var. hellenicus Forel, 1886 is restored from synonymy with Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849) and proposed as Cataglyphis hellenica (Forel, 1886) bona species. Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910, Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982, Temnothorax tauricus (Ruzsky, 1902) and Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911 are recorded as new for Peloponnese, while presence of Ponera testacea Emery, 1895, Temnothorax morea Cs\ösz, Salata \& Borowiec, 2018 and Temnothorax tauricus (Ruzsky, 1902) was confirmed for Sterea Ellas. We found eight morphospecies not assigned to any formally described taxon which require further investigation as they can represent undescribed species. An updated list of ant species known from the Peloponnese province and Aetolia-Acarnania unit is given.

}, keywords = {Achaia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Ants, faunistics, Greece, Peloponnese, Sterea Ellas, taxonomy}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.55712581}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {567, title = {Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Dodecanese Archipelago, Greece}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {30}, year = {2021}, month = {10/2021}, pages = {1-33}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Based on published records and new materials, we confirm presence of 110 ant species from the Dodecanese. The fauna of ants of the Dodecanese is distinct in relation to the other Greek provinces. Six species are insular endemics, and 19 species or morphospecies are known only from this archipelago. Four species are recorded from the Dodecanese for the first time. Additionally, Bothriomyrmex jannonei Menozzi, 1936 is synonymized with Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919, new synonymy.

}, keywords = {Ants, Dodecanese, faunistics, Greece, taxonomy}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5571270}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Wieczorek, Kamil and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {559, title = {Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {523}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-09-28}, pages = {129-148}, chapter = {129}, abstract = {

Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) is redescribed basing on a new material from southwestern Turkey (Antalya province), Lesbos and Rhodes (Greece, Aegean and Dodecanese islands). The gyne of this species is described for the first time. Temnothorax curtisetosus, a new species of social parasite collected in a nest of T. antigoni, is described. Colour photos of both taxa are given. A key to the worker caste of the eastern Mediterranean species belonging to both T. recedens and T. muellerianus groups are provided.

}, keywords = {Crematogastrini, Greece, Mediterranean Subregion, taxonomy, Temnothorax, Turkey}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.523.6103}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6103}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @article {557, title = {Preliminary division of not socially parasitic Greek Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a description of three new species.}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {877}, year = {2019}, month = {2019-10-02}, pages = {81-131}, chapter = {81}, abstract = {

The division of Greek members of the genus Temnothorax into 17 morphological groups is proposed. Temnothorax aveli species group is reviewed with three species: T. turcicus (Santschi) (North Aegean Islands, Sterea Ellas, Peloponnese and Thessaly), and two species new to science: Temnothorax brackoi sp. nov. (Epirus, Ionian Islands, Macedonia, Peloponnese, western Sterea Ellas, Thessaly, and also Dalmatia in Croatia), and T. messiniaensis sp. nov. (Ionian Islands and Peloponnese); a new species Temnothorax triangularis sp.\ nov., a member of the Temnothorax nylanderi species group is also described (Sterea Ellas: Euboea Island).

}, keywords = {Balkan Peninsula, taxonomy, Temnothorax aveli group, Temnothorax nylanderi group}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.877.36320}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @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} } @article {544, title = {Aphaenogaster illyrica, a new species from the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {862}, year = {2019}, month = {2019-07-09}, pages = {89-107}, chapter = {89}, abstract = {

Aphaenogaster illyrica sp. nov., a member of the A. subterranea species group, is described from Dinaric Alps of Slovenia and Croatia, from Gole\šnica Mt. in north Macedonia, Osogovo-Belasica Massif of southwestern Bulgaria, and from Kerkini Mts. of Greek Macedonia. It is characterised by large body size, moderately sculptured head, elevated mesonotum, and long propodeal spines. Its habitat preferences are discussed. A key to the Aphaenogaster graeca complex is provided.

}, keywords = {Aphaenogaster subterranea species group, Mediterranean Region, Superficial Subterranean Habitat, taxonomy}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.862.32946}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=32946\&journal_name=zookeys}, author = {Gregor Bra{\v c}ko and Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena and Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech and Polak, Slavko} } @article {399, title = {Redescription of Crematogaster cypria Santschi, 1930, new status, with description of two new related species from Greece and Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {505}, year = {2015}, pages = {59-77}, chapter = {59}, abstract = {

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) jehovae var. cypria Santschi, 1930 is raised to species rank. Two new, related\ species are described from the north-eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin: Crematogaster (Crematogaster)\ erectepilosa sp. n. (Dodecanese, Greece) and Crematogaster (Crematogaster) gullukdagensis sp. n.\ (Antalya Prov., Turkey). These three species are well distinguished from other species of the subgenus\ Crematogaster of the north-eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin in their first gastral tergite bearing\ numerous erect setae. Colour photographs of all taxa are provided, a key to the species of Crematogaster\ cypria group and species groups of the Crematogaster s. str. from the north-eastern Mediterranean region\ are given and a list of Crematogaster s. str. described from this region is provided (see Appendix).

}, keywords = {Crematogaster, Crematogastrini, Cyprus, Greece, Mediterranean Subregion, taxonomy, Turkey}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.505.9566}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} }