Review of Mediterranean members of the Aphaenogaster cecconii group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of four new species

LECH BOROWIEC; SEBASTIAN SALATA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3861.1.2

Issue: Vol. 3861 No. 1: 11 Sept. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-09-11

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.1.2

Page range: 40–60

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**Review of Mediterranean members of the Aphaenogaster cecconii group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of four new species**

LECH BOROWIEC⁺⁻
SEBASTIAN SALATA⁺⁻

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego, 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.

Formicidae Aphaenogaster new species Mediterranean Basin

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Abstract

A group of six Mediterranean species related to Aphaenogaster cecconii Emery is reviewed. Four new species are described: A. equestris (SW Turkey), A. jolantae (Greece, Rhodes), A. lykiaensis (SW Turkey) and A. olympica (Greece, Karpathos). Aphaenogaster cecconii Emery and A. phillipsi Wheeler & Mann are redescribed. Detailed measurements and some observations on the location of nests and activity of workers are given.