Aphaenogaster balcanica

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

Nomenclature

 *  balcanica. Stenamma (Aphaenogaster) testaceopilosa var. balcanica Emery, 1898c: 136 (w.) GREECE. Menozzi, 1936d: 271 (q.m.l.). Combination in Aphaenogaster: Forel, 1911d: 346. Subspecies of simonellii: Santschi, 1933c: 390. Raised to species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53. Senior synonym of ionia, melitensis, semipoita ionia: Boer, 2013: 65.
 * ionia. Aphaenogaster semipolita var. ionia Santschi, 1933c: 390 (w.) ITALY. [First available use of Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa subsp. semipolita var. ionia Emery, 1915a: 257; unavailable name.] Raised to species: Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 423. Senior synonym of melitensis, ionia Baroni Urbani: Bolton, 1995b: 70. Junior synonym of balcanica: Boer, 2013: 65.
 * melitensis. Aphaenogaster semipolita var. melitensis Santschi, 1933c: 390 (w.) MALTA. [First available use of Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa subsp. semipolita var. melitensis Emery, 1924b: 12; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of ionia: Bolton, 1995b: 71; of balcanica: Boer, 2013: 65.
 * ionia. Aphaenogaster semipolita subsp. ionia Baroni Urbani, 1968b: 422, figs. 10, 12 (w.) ITALY. Junior primary homonym and synonym of ionia Santschi: Bolton, 1995b: 70. Junior synonym of balcanica: Boer, 2013: 65.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Boer, P. 2013. Revision of the European ants of the Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa group.pdf|Boer, P. 2013. Revision of the European ants of the Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 156, 57–93.]]