Redescription of Camponotus nitidescens Forel, 1889, new status and notes on ants from Kefalonia, Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2014
Authors:L. Borowiec, Salata S.
Journal:Genus
Volume:25
Issue:3
Start Page:499
Pagination:499-517
Date Published:09/2014
Keywords:entomology, Formicidae, Greece, Hymenoptera, Ionian Islands, taxonomy, zoogeography
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.

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