01028nas a2200205 4500008004100000245005700041210005300098300001200151490000700163520046700170653000900637653001500646653001100661653002500672653002500697653001300722100001900735700002200754856004600776 2018 eng d00aAnts from Thessaly, Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)0 aAnts from Thessaly Greece Hymenoptera Formicidae a217-2480 v873 a

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 (MÜLLER, 1923) and Temnothorax tauricus (RUZSKY, 1902) are new to Greece; 38 species were recorded from Thessaly for the first time.

10aAnts10afaunistics10aGreece10anew national records10anew regional records10aThessaly1 aBorowiec, Lech1 aSalata, Sebastian uhttps://greekants.myspecies.info/node/58001406nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245006800055210006400123260001200187300000900199490000700208520080400215653000901019653001501028653003501043653001001078653001301088100001901101700002201120856004601142 2018 eng d a0867-196600aNotes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Samos Island, Greece0 aNotes on ants Hymenoptera Formicidae of Samos Island Greece c11/2018 a1-130 v273 a

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 Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 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.

10aAnts10afaunistics10aGreece-Northern Aegean Islands10aSamos10ataxonomy1 aBorowiec, Lech1 aSalata, Sebastian uhttps://greekants.myspecies.info/node/57802726nas a2200157 4500008004100000245014500041210006900186260001500255300001200270490000700282520217200289100002002461700002202481700001902503856004602522 2018 eng d00aThree Turano-European species of the Temnothorax interruptus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) demonstrated by quantitative morphology.0 aThree TuranoEuropean species of the iTemnothorax interruptusi gr c2018-02-21 a101-1190 v263 a

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.

1 aCsősz, Sándor1 aSalata, Sebastian1 aBorowiec, Lech uhttps://greekants.myspecies.info/node/56101641nas a2200229 4500008004100000245016300041210006900204260001500273300001200288490000700300520074600307653001401053653000801067653002801075653001501103653001601118653001701134100002201151700001901173700002301192856019601215 2018 eng d00aTaxonomic revision of the Cretan fauna of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with notes on the endemism of ant fauna of Crete.0 aTaxonomic revision of the Cretan fauna of the genus iTemnothorax c2018-12-06 a769-8080 v683 a

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.

10achecklist10aKey10aMediterranean Subregion10aMyrmicinae10anew species10anew synonymy1 aSalata, Sebastian1 aBorowiec, Lech1 aTrichas, Apostolos uhttps://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