Aenictus rhodiensis

Identification
A member of the wroughtonii group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece, Iran, Israel, Turkey.

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936d: 266, fig. I (w.) GREECE (Rhodes I.).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous examples”).
 * Type-locality: Greece: Rhodes I., Cattavia, 1.iv.1924 (C. Menozzi).
 * Type-depository: IEUB.
 * Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 52; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 264; Kugler, J. 1988: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Aktaç, Radchenko & Kiran, 2004: 362; Petrov, 2006: 82 (in key); Legakis, 2011: 3; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 462; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 3; Sharaf, Aldawood & El Hawagry, 2012b: 47 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 7; Lebas, et al. 2016: 124; Jaitrong & Ruangsittichai, 2018: 113 (in key); Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2018: 3; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 42.
 * Distribution: Greece, Israel, Turkey.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Samos Island, Greece. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-13.
 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * Ghahari H., C. A. Collingwood, M. Havaskary, H. Ostovan, and N. Samin. 2011. A contribution to the knowledge of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Arasbaran biosphere reserve and vicinity, Northwestern Iran. Jordan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 7(3): 558-563.
 * Radchenko A.G.; H. Alipanah. 2004. The first record of the subfamily Aenictinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Iran. Vestnik Zoologii 38(4):75-78.
 * Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-51.