Temnothorax aeolius

This species is associated mostly with moderately humid to arid deciduous forests or mediterranean bushes and has been collected on rocks and stones (Salata & Borowiec, 2019).

Distribution
Recently recorded for Bulgaria (Lapeva-Gjonova & Borowiec, 2022). A rarely collected ant that is a member of the Temnothorax graecus species group (Salata and Borowiec 2019b). This species is known from Turkey, its type locality, as well as from Israel and the Greek islands (Borowiec and Salata 2012). It was recently recorded in Greek Thrace (Bračko et al.2016).

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

Nomenclature

 *  aeolius. Leptothorax bulgaricus subsp. aeolius Forel, 1911d: 334 (w.) TURKEY.
 * Subspecies of bulgaricus: Forel, 1913d: 432; Emery, 1924d: 253; Menozzi, 1936d: 291; Bolton, 1995b: 235; Legakis, 2011: 17.
 * Status as species: Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 539; Borowiec, L. 2014: 170.

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.
 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Samos Island, Greece. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-13.
 * Bracko G., K. Kiran, C. Karaman, S. Salata, and L. Borowiec. 2016. Survey of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Greek Thrace. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7945. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7945
 * Collingwood, C. A. 1993. A Comparitive Study of the Ant Fauna of Five Greek Islands. Biologia Gallo-hellenica. 20,1:191-197
 * Collingwood, C. A. "A comparative study of the ant fauna of five Greek islands." Biologia Gallo-Hellenica 20 (1993): 191-197.
 * 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.