Aphaenogaster karpathica

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
A member of the A. testaceopilosa group. Compared with Aphaenogaster balcanica, Aphaenogaster melitensis and Aphaenogaster balcanicoides, the ratio between CI and SI is different. The widths of the petiole and postpetiole together are wider than in the other species: PPPI-mean 54.7, against 50.9–51.5: in A. balcanica and A. melitensis (p < 0.01), in A. balcanicoides (p < 0.05). The scape is longer: SI-mean 158, in the other four species 149 (p < 0.01). The setosity is shorter than in A. balcanica. Gynes and males unknown. (Boer 2013)


 * Key to European Aphaenogaster workers

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece.

Nomenclature

 *  karpathica. Aphaenogaster karpathica Boer, 2013: 68, fig. 36 (w.) GREECE.

Worker
Sculpture as in Aphaenogaster balcanica. Setosity relatively short (like Aphaenogaster balcanicoides).

Measurements (n = 13). CI 70–79 (74); CL 1.27–1.52 (1.42) mm; CW 0.93–1.15 (1.05) mm; PHI 31–35 (32); PI 73–88 (80); PPPI 50–61 (55); PSI 143–200 (170); PSLWI 67–150 (111); PWI 22–28 (24); RPH 112–143 (132); RPSI 20–65 (46); SI 147–164 (158); SI/CI 186–234 (215); SL 1.41–1.77 (1.64) mm; SPD 1–3 (1.9); 1–5.5 (4.0).

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Greece: Karpathos, Amopi, v.1982 (Collingwood, WML).

Etymology
The name refers to the type locality.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Boer P. 2013. Revision of the European ants of the Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 156: 57-93.
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * 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.