Aphaenogaster ichnusa

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Aphaenogaster ichnusa Santschi, 1925 valid

Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) subterranea var. ichnusa Santschi, 1925g: 341 (w.) ITALY (Sardinia). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Zięcina et al., 2024: 249). Primary type locality: Italy: Sardinia, Sorgono (A.H. Krausse, A. Reichensperger). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913132 (lectotype). Type notes: Original material included syntype workers (number not stated).

Lectotype designation: Zięcina et al., 2024: 249.
Schifani et al., 2023: 147, 145 (q.m.)
Subspecies of Aphaenogaster subterranea: Finzi, 1930a: 155; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Poldi et al., 1995: 3.
Status as species: Galkowski et al., 2019: 423 (redescription); Schifani et al., 2023: 145; Zięcina et al., 2024: 249.

Obsolete combinations

Aphaenogaster subterranea ichnusa

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 50:5-287. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Finzi, B. 1930a. Contributo allo studio degli Aphaenogaster paleartici (Formicidae-Myrmicinae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 62:151-156. PDF
Galkowski, C.; Aubert, C.; Blatrix, R. 2019. Aphaenogaster ichnusa Santschi, 1925, bona species, and redescription of Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Sociobiology 66 (3):420-425. 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.3660 PDF
Poldi, B.; Mei, M.; Rigato, F. 1995 ("1994"). Hymenoptera Formicidae. Checklist delle Specie della Fauna Italiana 102:1-10.
Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 1:339-360. PDF
Schifani, E.; Alicata, A.; Borowiec, L.; García, F.; Gentile, V.; Gómez, K.; Nalini, E.; Rigato, F.; Schär, S.; Scupola, A.; Vila, R.; Menchetti, M. 2023. Unrecognized for centuries: distribution and sexual caste descriptions of the West European Aphaenogaster species of the subterranea group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1153:141-156. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1153.98297 PDF
Zięcina, D.; Menchetti, M.; Borowiec, L.; Bračko, G.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Vila, R.; Salata, S. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 74 (2):237-282. 10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.002 PDF

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