@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 {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 {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} }