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Aphaenogaster crocea sicula
| Aphaenogaster crocea sicula | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | Aphaenogaster crocea sicula Emery, 1908
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sicula. Aphaenogaster crocea subsp. sicula Emery, 1908c: 331 (w.q.) ITALY (Sicily).
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7), 5 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen.
- Type-locality: lectotype Italy: Sicily, Palermo, Monte Pelegrino, 8.xii.1877 (C. Emery); paralectotypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: MSNG (lectotype); MHNG, MSNG (paralectotypes).
- Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7 (m.).
- Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 57.
- Subspecies of crocea: Emery, 1916b: 130; Emery, 1921f: 57; Kutter, 1927: 98; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 29; Baroni Urbani, 1968b: 417; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 48.
- Status as species: Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 423; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 72; Poldi, et al. 1995: 3; Petrov, 2006: 91 (in key); Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 19; Borowiec, L. 2014: 18; Lebas, et al. 2016: 264; Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of subterraneosplendida: Emery, 1908c: 331; Emery, 1916b: 130; Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7.
- Junior synonym of subterraneosplendida: Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 68.
Taxonomic Notes
Seniority of the synonyms is incorrect. Emery, 1908c: 331 (footnote), explained that subterraneosplendida and sicula were the same taxon. As André, 1883b: 359, made subterraneosplendida available long before the establishment of sicula Emery, 1908c: 331, the former has priority and is the first available name, and sicula is its junior synonym.]
References
- Alicata, A., Schifani, E. 2019. Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian Peninsula: part of a hitherto unrecognized species group from the Maghreb? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59(1): 1–16 (DOI 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0001).
- Emery, C. 1908d. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung.) III. Die mit Aphaenogaster verwandte Gattungengruppe. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 305-338 (page 331, worker, queen described, material of the unavailable name subterraneosplendida referred here by Emery)
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 57, combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma))
- Emery, C., Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 5: 441-481 (page 462, nomen nudum)
- Schembri, S. P.; Collingwood, C. A. 1981. A revision of the myrmecofauna of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 83: 417-442 (page 423, raised to species)
- Schifani, E., Alicata, A. 2023. Nomenclatural changes on some Mediterranean Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 taxa (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa, 5277(1), 59–70 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.2).
- Schifani, E., Costa, S., Mei, M., Alicata, A. 2021. A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta Entomologica, Vol. 53 No. 1 2021) (doi:10.13133/2284-4880/482).
- Schifani, E., Scupola, A., Alicata, A. 2020. Morphology, ecology and biogeography of Myrmecina sicula André, 1882, rediscovered after 140 years (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 35, 105–116 (doi:10.21426/b635048444).