@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 {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 {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 {583, title = {New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sterea Ellas, Greece}, journal = {Acta Entomologica Silesiana}, volume = {25}, year = {2017}, month = {04/2017}, pages = {1-3}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

27 ant species are recorded from the western part of Sterea Ellas region (Western Greece), 13 of them are new to this region. The current list of ants of Sterea Ellas comprises 90 species.

}, keywords = {Ants, faunistics, Greece, Sterea Ellas}, issn = {1230-7777}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {582, title = {Ants of the Peloponnese, Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Polish Journal of Entomology}, volume = {86}, year = {2017}, month = {09/2017}, pages = {193-236}, chapter = {193}, abstract = {

This paper relates to material obtained during two field trips to the Peloponnese in 2013 and 2016. With the inclusion of some hitherto unpublished ant material, it gives new records from a total of 92 sampling localities. 129 species (including morphospecies not attributed to any known taxon) of ants have been recorded from the Peloponnese (southern Greece), 27 of which have been recorded from this region for the first time. Lasius reginae and 5 other morphospecies attributed only to species complexes are new to Greece.

}, keywords = {Ants, faunistics, Greece, new national records, new regional records, Peloponnese}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pjen-2017-0013}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {581, title = {New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Epirus, Greece}, journal = {Acta Entomologica Silesiana}, volume = {26}, year = {2018}, month = {02/2018}, pages = {1-22}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Seventy seven species of ants have been collected in Epirus (Northwestern Greece) in 2016, Messor cf. clivorum is new to Greece, 46 species are recorded from this region for the first time. At the moment 89 morphospecies are known from Epirus, 18 are identified only to complexes of cryptic taxa and their species status will be determined after future revisions.

}, keywords = {Ants, Epirus, faunistics, Greece, new regional records}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1169150}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {580, title = {Ants from Thessaly, Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Polish Journal of Entomology}, volume = {87}, year = {2018}, pages = {217-248}, chapter = {217}, abstract = {

A complete list of 107 ant species (including morphospecies not attributed to any known taxon) recorded from Thessaly, Greece, is presented. New records from 40 sampling localities explored during two field trips in 2012 and 2017, and also from literature data are included. Temnothorax sordidulus (M\ÜLLER, 1923) and Temnothorax tauricus (RUZSKY, 1902) are new to Greece; 38 species were recorded from Thessaly for the first time.

}, keywords = {Ants, faunistics, Greece, new national records, new regional records, Thessaly}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2018-0016}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {579, title = {Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Euboea Island, Central Greece}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {27}, year = {2018}, month = {11/2018}, pages = {1-15}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Euboea Island, Central Greece. Seventy-one ant species are recorded from the Euboea Island, Central Greece (Sterea Ellas), mostly based on material collected in 2018, including eight not attributed to any formally described taxon. Proceratium numidicum SantSchi, 1912 is new to Greece, 29 species or morphospecies are recorded from Sterea Ellas for the first time.

}, keywords = {Ants, Central Greece, Euboea, faunistics}, issn = {0867-1966}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1485235}, 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 {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 {575, title = {Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {27}, year = {2018}, month = {21/2018}, pages = {1-51}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Cataglyphis cretica ( Forel, 1910) is raised to species rank and redescribed. The following synonymies are proposed: Lepisiota nigra ( Dalla torre, 1893) = Lepisiota splendens Karavaiev, 1912 syn. nov.; Camponotus boghossiani boghossiani stenoticus Forel, 1911 = Camponotus emery, 1915 syn. nov.; Camponotus oertzeni = Camponotus andrius Dalla torre Forel, 1889\  , 1893 syn. nov.,= Camponotus oertzeni kappariensis Dalla torre, 1893 syn. nov. Gynes of Aphaenogaster aktaci Temnothorax angustifrons Kiran \& tezcan, 2008, Cs{\H o}sz, Heinze \& Mik\ó, 2015, Temnothorax dessyi 1936), Temnothorax kemali (SantSchi, 1934), Temnothorax smyrnensis ( (menozzi, Forel, 1911) and Temnothorax solerii ( menozzi, 1936) are described for the first time. Aphaenogaster aktaci Kiran \& tezcan, 2008 and Temnothorax kemali (SantSchi, 1934) are new to Europe and Greece. New records for 10 species and an updated checklist of 315 species or morphospecies occurring in Greece is given.

}, issn = {0867-1966}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2199191}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @article {574, title = {Comments to distribution of several Greek Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology}, volume = {28}, year = {2019}, month = {04/2019}, pages = {1-9}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Based on studied material three Tetramorium species are recorded from Greece for the first time: Tetramorium indocile SantSchi, 1927, Tetramorium staerckei nov\áK \& Snofl\áK, 1944 and Tetramorium sulcinode Kratochv\íl, SantSchi, 1927. Additionally, distribution records of recently revised members of the Tetramorium caespitum group are reexamined and assigned to proper taxa. Tetramorium rhodium emery, 1922 is recorded from the East Aegean Islands for the first time.

}, keywords = {Ants, faunistics, Greece, new records}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2644897}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @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 {571, title = {Invasive ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Greece and Cyprus}, journal = {North-Western Journal of Zoology}, volume = {15}, year = {2019}, month = {06/2019}, pages = {13-23}, chapter = {13}, abstract = {

Fifteen invasive ant species from Greece and Cyprus are recorded. Their biology and habitat preferences in eastern Mediterranean Region are discussed. Historical and non-published records of all listed species are summarized. Tetramorium bicarinatum is recorded for the first time from Greece, while Paratrechina longicornis and Pheidole indica are new for Cypriot fauna. Uncertain data concerning Anoplolepis gracilipes, Pheidole megacephala and Monomorium destructor are discussed.

}, keywords = {Ants, Cyprus, Greece, invasive species}, url = {https://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/content/v15n1/nwjz_e171204_Salata.pdf}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Georgiadis, Christos and Borowiec, Lech} } @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} } @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 {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 {561, title = {Three Turano-European species of the Temnothorax interruptus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) demonstrated by quantitative morphology.}, journal = {Myrmecological News}, volume = {26}, year = {2018}, month = {2018-02-21}, pages = {101-119}, chapter = {101}, abstract = {

The ant genus Temnothorax is very diverse in the Palaearctic region. It consists of many cryptic species which are hard to discover with conventional toolkits of alpha taxonomy. However, the modern, quantitative morphological approaches have been improved, and their increased accuracy and taxonomic specificity allow taxonomists to discover cryptic biological diversity on a much finer scale. In this paper, we provide quantitative morphology-based evidence in support of our contention that the Turano-European Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852) is, in fact, a complex of three clearly separable lineages. Species hypotheses are developed through NC-PART clustering, a highly automated protocol using two algorithms, NC-clustering and Partitioning Based on Recursive Thresholding (PART). Our results are based on a large dataset generated from 19 continuous morphometric traits measured on a total of 165 workers from 66 nest samples. Classifications returned by the exploratory analyses are confirmed by cross-validated Linear Discriminant Analysis (LOOCV-LDA) with a 0.6\% error rate in 166 workers. Two known type series, Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852) and Leptothorax tuberum ssp. knipovitshi Karavaiev, 1916, which meet the criteria for this species complex, are nested in the same cluster, and each classification is supported with posterior p = 1.0. Therefore, Leptothorax tuberum ssp. knipovitshi is considered a junior synonym of T. interruptus. The two other morphological clusters are described as T. morea sp.n. and T. strymonensis sp.n. Syntopic occurrence has been found in only one case, between Temnothorax interruptus and T. strymonensis, and mixed colonies were not observed. Temnothorax interruptus has been identified as a Turano-European species, with distribution from Spain to the Caucasus but completely unknown in the Mediterranean region. The two broadly sympatric East Mediterranean species, T. morea and T. strymonensis, occur widely in the region from Croatia to Turkey.

}, author = {Cs{\H o}sz, S{\'a}ndor and Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @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 {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 {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 {548, title = {Preliminary contributions toward a revision of Greek Messor Forel, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).}, journal = {Turkish Journal of Zoology}, volume = {43}, year = {2019}, pages = {52-67}, chapter = {52}, abstract = {

Based on recently collected material and study on type specimens Messor carpathous Menozzi, 1936 n. stat. and Messor concolor Santschi, 1927 n. stat. are raised to species rank and redescribed. Messor creticus sp. nov. is described as a new endemic species to Crete. Revised data for members of the Messor structor complexes are given and updated checklist of Greek Messor taxa is provided.

}, keywords = {Endemic species, Formicidae, Greece, Mediterranean, Messor}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1809-41}, url = {https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol43/iss1/5/}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @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} } @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 {534, title = {Survey of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Greek Thrace}, year = {2016}, abstract = {

Background
The ant fauna of Greek Thrace has been least known of all Greek regions with only 12 species mentioned in the literature. We conducted two field trips to this region in 2014 and 2015 and included some unpublished ant material, thus compiling new records from 72 sampling localities.


New information
We found 115 ant species, 108 of them are recorded for the first time in Greek Thrace. Cataglyphis viaticoides, Temnothorax aeolius, Tetramorium cf. davidi, Tetramorium hippocratis, and Tetramorium rhodium were so far not known for continental Greece. In the checklist of recorded species, we also give information on the taxonomic status and distribution of certain taxa.

}, keywords = {Ants, checklist, faunistics, Formicidae, Greece, Thrace}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.4.e7945}, author = {Gregor Bra{\v c}ko and Kiran, Kadri and Karaman, Celal and Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @article {533, title = {A new species of the ant genus Lasius Fabricius, 1804 from Crete (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {789}, year = {2018}, month = {10 October 2018}, pages = {139{\textendash}159}, abstract = {

Lasius tapinomoides sp. n. from Crete, Greece, is described and illustrated. It belongs to L. turcicus complex and is well characterized by very small body, extremely shallow metanotal groove and presence of suberect to erect setae on the apical part of scape. New records of Cretan members of the genus Lasius Fabricius, 1804 are provided, their checklist is updated, and the key to their determination is presented.

}, keywords = {Endemic species, Greece, Lasius, Mediterranean Subregion}, doi = {doi: 10.3897/zookeys.789.27022}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @article {482, title = {Species of Tetramorium semilaeve complex from Balkans and western Turkey, with description of two new species of (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)}, journal = {Annales Zoologici}, volume = {62}, year = {2017}, pages = {279{\textendash}313}, chapter = {279}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @article {481, title = {Review of Mediterranean members of the Aphaenogaster cecconii group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of four new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3861}, year = {2014}, pages = {040-060}, chapter = {40}, author = {Borowiec, Lech and Salata, Sebastian} } @article {480, title = {A new species of the Aphaenogaster cecconii group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Rhodes}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4170}, year = {2016}, pages = {194-200}, chapter = {194}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} } @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} } @article {393, title = {A taxonomic revision of the genus Oxyopomyrmex Andr{\'e}, 1881 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4025}, year = {2015}, pages = {1-66}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Oxyopomyrmex Andr\é, 1881 is a small genus of myrmicine ants found in arid grasslands of the Mediterranean region. Here we provide a new taxonomic revision of the genus. Twelve species are recognized, including five new to science: O. laevibus sp. nov. (Greece: Crete), O. magnus sp. nov. (Spain), O. negevensis sp. nov. (Israel) O. polybotesi sp. nov. (Greece: Nisyros, W Turkey) and O. pygmalioni sp. nov. (Cyprus). Oxyopomyrmex santschii var. nigripes Santschi, 1907 and O. santschii var. nitidior Santschi, 1910 are raised to species level. The following new synonymies are proposed: O. krueperi Forel, 1911 = O. lagoi Menozzi, 1936 syn. nov.; O. nigripes Santschi, 1907 = O. sabulonis var. rugocciput Santschi, 1923 syn. nov. = O. emeryi var. brunnescens Santschi, 1929 syn. nov.; O. nitidior Santschi, 1910 = O. emeryi var. laticeps Santschi, 1915 syn. nov. = O. emeryi st. sabulonis Santschi, 1915 syn. nov.; O. saulcyi Emery, 1889 = O. santschii Forel, 1904 syn. nov. = O. santschii var. siciliana Karavaiev, 1912 syn. nov. = O. gaetulus Santschi, 1929 syn. nov. = O. saulcyi var. latinodis Santschi, 1939 syn. nov. A neotype for O. oculatus Andr\é, 1881 is designated. An identification key based on the gyne, male and worker caste is provided.

}, keywords = {Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Mediterranean Subregion, Myrmicinae, revision}, isbn = {978-1-77557-804-8}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4025.1.1}, url = {http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4025.1.1}, author = {Salata, Sebastian and Borowiec, Lech} }