Aphaenogaster corsica

Aphaenogaster corsica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster spinosa)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	Aphaenogaster corsica Casevitz-Weulersse, 2010

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Aphaenogaster spinosa.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• corsica. Aphaenogaster corsica Casevitz-Weulersse, 2010: 5, pl. 1, figs. A,C,E (w.m.) FRANCE (Corsica).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 7 paratype workers.
  • [Note: the author also mentions “6 males that were taken 27.ix.1973 close to the same nest”; these are listed separately from the type-material and are apparently not to be regarded as paratypes.]
  • Type-locality: holotype France: Corsica, vic. Belgodère, side of route N.197, 327 m., 42°35’09’’N, 9°01’01’’E, 28.ix.1973 (J. Casevitz-Weulersse); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • Junior synonym of spinosa: Boer, 2013: 85; Blatrix, et al. 2020: 427.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971d. Studien zur Ameisenfauna Italiens XI. Die Ameisen des Toskanischen Archipels. Betrachtungen zur Herkunft der Inselfaunen. Rev. Suisse Zool. 7 78: 1037-1067 (page 1039, material labelled as corsica has been attributed to spinosa by Baroni Urbani)
• Boer, P. 2013. Revision of the European ants of the Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 156, 57–93.
• Casevitz-Weulersse, J. 2010. A propos des fourmis de la Corse: Aphaenogaster corsica n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Le Bulletin d'Arthropoda 43:4-8.
• Santschi, F. 1933d. Étude sur le sous-genre Aphaenogaster Mayr. Rev. Suisse Zool. 40: 389-408 (page 390, male described, nomen nudum)