@article {576, title = {Description of Plagiolepis perperamus, a New Species from East-Mediterranean and Redescription of Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Annales Zoologici (Warsaw)}, volume = {68}, year = {2018}, month = {11/2018}, pages = {809-824}, chapter = {809}, abstract = {

A taxon considered in past years as P. pallescens sensu Radchenko is described as a new species: Plagiolepis perperamus sp. nov. based on material from Eastern Mediterranean. Its morphological separation from P. schmitzii Forel, 1895, the second species characterized by dense gaster setosity, is supported by study on their environmental niches. Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889 is redescribed based on type specimens and material collected from various localities spread within Balkans. Its taxonomical status is clarified and a definition of a \‘pallescens group\&$\#$39; is improved and supplemented. Plagiolepis maura var. taurica Santschi, 1920 and Plagiolepis maura var. ancyrensis Santschi, 1920 are synonymized with Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889.

}, keywords = {Ecological niche modelling, Formicidae, Formicinae, Mediterranean Region, Plagiolepidini}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.005}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech and Radchenko, Alexander G.} } @article {558, title = {Taxonomic revision of the Cretan fauna of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with notes on the endemism of ant fauna of Crete.}, journal = {Annales Zoologici (Warsaw)}, volume = {68}, year = {2018}, month = {2018-12-06}, pages = {769-808}, chapter = {769}, abstract = {

We revise the Cretan species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861. Sixteen species are recognized, including seven new species which are possiblyendemic to Crete: T. crassistriatus sp. nov., T. daidalosi sp. nov., T. ikarosi sp. nov., T. incompletus sp. nov., T. minotaurosi sp. nov., T. proteii sp. nov., and T. variabilis sp. nov. A new synonymy is proposed, Temnothorax exilis (Emery, 1869) =Temnothorax specularis (Emery, 1916) syn. nov. An identification key to Cretan Temnothorax, based on worker caste is given. We provide a checklist of ant species described from Crete and discuss their status, distribution and endemism.

}, keywords = {checklist, Key, Mediterranean Subregion, Myrmicinae, new species, new synonymy}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004}, url = {https://bioone.org/journals/annales-zoologici/volume-68/issue-4/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004/Taxonomic-Revision-of-the-Cretan-Fauna-of-the-Genus-Temnothorax/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004.short}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech and Trichas, Apostolos} } @article {545, title = {Review of the Aphaenogaster splendida species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).}, journal = {Annales Zoologici (Warsaw)}, volume = {71}, year = {2021}, month = {2021-06-30}, pages = {297-343}, chapter = {297}, abstract = {

Members of the Aphaenogaster splendida group are reviewed. We recognize 12 species, of which three are new: A. hamaensis sp. nov. (Syria), A. peloponnesiaca sp. nov. (continental Greece), and A. vohraliki sp. nov. (Turkey). Species status is restored for Aphaenogaster schmitzi Forel, 1910 stat. rev., and Aphaenogaster transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1926 stat. nov. is raised to the species rank. Aphaenogaster schmitzi Forel, 1910 is recognized as a senior synonym of Aphaenogaster schmitzi syria Forel, 1910 syn. nov. and Aphaenogaster ovaticeps Emery, 1898 is recognized as a senior synonym of Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1915 syn. nov. Detailed descriptions, measurements, habitat and nesting preferences, and activity of workers of all 12 species are given. Keys to workers and known gynes, and photographs of all species and their known castes are presented.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.2.008}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Karaman, Celal and Kiran, Kadri and Borowiec, Lech} }