Aphaenogaster pallida armeniaca

Aphaenogaster pallida armeniaca
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster subterraneoides)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	Aphaenogaster pallida armeniaca Arnol'di, 1968

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

Nomenclature

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

• armeniaca. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) pallida subsp. armeniaca Arnol'di, 1968: 1807 (w.) ARMENIA.
  • Subspecies of subterraneoides: Arakelian, 1994: 33.
  • Junior synonym of subterraneoides: Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 67.

References

• Arakelian, G. R. 1994. Fauna of the Republic of Armenia. Hymenopterous insects. Ants (Formicidae). Erevan: Gitutium, 153 pp. (page 33, Subspecies of subterraneoides)
• Arnol'di, K. V. 1968b. Important additions to the myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR, and descriptions of new forms. Zool. Zh. 4 47: 1800-1822 (page 1807, worker described)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, catalogue)
• 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., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Fisher, B.L., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Oueslati, W., Salata, S., Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80, 627–648 (doi:10.3897/asp.80.e84428).