A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Species of the recently recognized Aphaenogaster crocea group, which spreads across Canary Islands, Maghreb region and Southern Italy, have frequently been confused with one another and even with species belonging to other groups. We revised the identity of the population previously attribute...

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Main Authors: Enrico Schifani, Simone Costa, Maurizio Mei, Antonio Alicata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2021-03-01
Series:Fragmenta entomologica
Subjects:
ant distribution
Maghreb
Mediterranean basin
Sicilian Channel
North Africa
Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/482
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spelling doaj-4db66549de0d4bcdb431415018fdbcd42021-03-21T08:57:18ZengPAGEPress PublicationsFragmenta entomologica0429-288X2284-48802021-03-01531A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Enrico Schifani0Simone Costa1Maurizio Mei2Antonio Alicata3Università degli studi di PalermoUniversity of PalermoDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (DBGES), University of Catania Species of the recently recognized Aphaenogaster crocea group, which spreads across Canary Islands, Maghreb region and Southern Italy, have frequently been confused with one another and even with species belonging to other groups. We revised the identity of the population previously attributed to A. crocea from the island of Pantelleria (Sicilian Channel) by comparing voucher specimens of the older records as well as newly collected specimens with type specimens and descriptions of the other members of the group. As a result, we re-identify the population from Pantelleria as A. strioloides, a species so far known to occur exclusively in Algeria and Tunisia. Fi- nally, we discuss the key diagnostic features of this species. https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/482ant distributionMaghrebMediterranean basinSicilian ChannelNorth Africa
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author Enrico Schifani
Simone Costa
Maurizio Mei
Antonio Alicata
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Simone Costa
Maurizio Mei
Antonio Alicata
A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Fragmenta entomologica
ant distribution
Maghreb
Mediterranean basin
Sicilian Channel
North Africa
author_facet Enrico Schifani
Simone Costa
Maurizio Mei
Antonio Alicata
author_sort Enrico Schifani
title A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_short A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_fullStr A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_sort new species for the italian fauna: aphaenogaster strioloides, not a. crocea, inhabits pantelleria island (hymenoptera: formicidae)
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Fragmenta entomologica
issn 0429-288X
2284-4880
publishDate 2021-03-01
description Species of the recently recognized Aphaenogaster crocea group, which spreads across Canary Islands, Maghreb region and Southern Italy, have frequently been confused with one another and even with species belonging to other groups. We revised the identity of the population previously attributed to A. crocea from the island of Pantelleria (Sicilian Channel) by comparing voucher specimens of the older records as well as newly collected specimens with type specimens and descriptions of the other members of the group. As a result, we re-identify the population from Pantelleria as A. strioloides, a species so far known to occur exclusively in Algeria and Tunisia. Fi- nally, we discuss the key diagnostic features of this species.
topic ant distribution
Maghreb
Mediterranean basin
Sicilian Channel
North Africa
url https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/482
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