@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 {478, title = {The Westpalaearctic Lasius paralienus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) contains three species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4132}, year = {2016}, pages = {44-58}, chapter = {44}, author = {Seifert, Bernhard and Galkowski, Christophe} } @article {417, title = {Global revision of the dulotic ant genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Formicinae, Formicini).}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3722}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {501-48}, abstract = {

The genus Polyergus is characterized, and all valid species reinstated and re-described, and five new species described, based on morphometric, ecological, host-association, and biogeographic characteristics. Polyergus contains 14 species: 3 Palaearctic, 11 Nearctic. The rufescens group comprises western Eurasian rufescens Latreille 1804 including its former eastern subspecies tianschanicus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky 1927 new synonymy, and the following American species, informally called the breviceps complex: breviceps Emery 1893 sensu stricto, revised status, bicolor Wasmann 1901 new status, mexicanus Forel 1899 new status, topoffi new species, and vinosus new species. The lucidus group comprises longicornis M. R. Smith 1947 new status, lucidus Mayr 1870 sensu stricto, revised status, montivagus Wheeler 1915 new status, oligergus new species, ruber new species, and sanwaldi new species. The samurai group comprises two blackish forms: the western Asian P. nigerrimus Marikovsky 1963 and eastern Asian P. samurai Yano 1911. Polyergus texana Buckley 1866 is excluded from Polyergus.

}, keywords = {Animal Structures, Animals, Ants, Body Size, Female, Male, Organ Size}, issn = {1175-5326}, author = {Trager, James C} }