Aphaenogaster italica

Identification
A member of the Aphaenogaster gibbosa-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Italy, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster strioloides var. italica Bondroit, 1918: 158.
 * [First available use of Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa subsp. strioloides var. italica Emery, 1916b: 134 (w.) ITALY; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * Santschi, 1932d: 339 (q.m.).
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 58; Menozzi, 1921: 26.
 * Subspecies of gibbosa: Santschi, 1932d: 339 (redescription).
 * Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 49; Kutter, 1977c: 80; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Poldi, et al. 1995: 3; Borowiec, L. 2014: 13; Lebas, et al. 2016: 256; Salata & Borowiec, 2018a: 13 (in key); Seifert, 2018: 176.

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.
 * Emery C. 1916. Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47: 79-275.
 * Menozzi C. 1921. Formiche dei dintorni di Sambiase di Calabria. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici. 15: 24-32.
 * Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Redescription of Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Emery, 1908 with a key to gibbosa species group. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010002
 * Schifani E., and A. Alicata. 2018. Exploring the myrmecofauna of Sicily: thirty-two new ant species recorded, including six new to Italy and many new aliens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 87 (4): 323–348.