Aphaenogaster homonyma

Identification
A member of the Aphaenogaster gibbosa-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco, Tunisia.

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa var. homonyma Emery, 1921f: 58 (w.) TUNISIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Algeria: Souk Ahras, and Duvivier (= Bouchegouf), iii.-iv.1889 (A. Forel).
 * [Note: Emery, 1921f: 58, nominated specimens of striola subterraneoides Emery, sensu Forel, 1890: lxxi, misidentification, as the taxon homonyma. They are the same specimens that Cagniant, 1996a: 74, used for his name foreli; therefore homonyma has priority and is automatically the senior synonym of foreli.]
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Subspecies of gibbosa: Bolton, 1995b: 70; Salata & Borowiec, 2018a: 14 (in key).
 * Status as species (as foreli): Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 12; this catalogue (by implication).
 * Senior synonym of foreli: unpublished.
 * Distribution: Algeria, Morocco.
 * foreli. Aphaenogaster foreli Cagniant, 1996a: 68, 74 (w.) ALGERIA, MOROCCO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Algeria: Souk Ahras, and Duvivier (= Bouchegouf), iii.-iv.1889 (A. Forel).
 * [Note: Cagniant, 1996a: 74, nominated this taxon for specimens of striola subterraneoides Emery, sensu Forel, 1890: lxxi, misidentification. They are the same specimens that Emery, 1921f: 58, used for his name homonyma, which has priority; therefore foreli is automatically a junior synonym of homonyma.]
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Status as species: Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 12.
 * Junior synonym of homonyma: unpublished.

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.
 * Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.