Aphaenogaster lesbica

Identification
A member of the Aphaenogaster pallida-group.

Distribution
Records under this name from Crete (Borowiec & Salata 2012: 465) are based on a misinterpretation of this species in the key by Agosti & collingwood (1987) and concern Aphaenogaster subterraneoides (Borowiec, 2014).

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

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster pallida var. lesbica Forel, 1913d: 429 (w.) GREECE.
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 59.
 * Subspecies of pallida: Emery, 1921f: 59; Finzi, 1930a: 152.
 * Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 70; Petrov, 2006: 91 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 41; Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 18; Legakis, 2011: 7; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 465; Borowiec, L. 2014: 14; Lebas, et al. 2016: 260; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 42.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Agosti, D. and C.A. Collingwood. 1987. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 60: 51-62
 * 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.
 * Finzi B. 1930. Contributo allo studio degli Aphaenogaster paleartici (Formicidae-Myrmicinae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 62: 151-156.
 * Legakis Collection Database
 * Petrov I. Z., and C. A. Collingwood. 1992. Survey of the myrmecofauna (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) of Yugoslavia. Archives of Biological Sciences (Belgrade) 44: 79-91.
 * 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.
 * Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.