Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Samos Island, Greece

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2018
Authors:L. Borowiec, Salata S.
Journal:Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology
Volume:27
Start Page:1
Pagination:1-13
Date Published:11/2018
ISSN:0867-1966
Keywords:Ants, faunistics, Greece-Northern Aegean Islands, Samos, taxonomy
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 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.

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1481802
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