Aphaenogaster strioloides

Identification
Previously a member of the Aphaenogaster splendida group, now placed in the crocea group (Schifani et al., 2022).

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

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster subterranea var. strioloides Forel, 1890a: lxxi (w.) ALGERIA.
 * Emery, 1908c: 335 (q.); Santschi, 1932d: 341 (m.).
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 58; Menozzi, 1921: 26.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1891b: 7.
 * Subspecies of subterranea: Dalla Torre, 1893: 107.
 * Subspecies of gibbosa: Emery, 1908c: 335; Emery, 1916b: 130; Emery, 1921f: 58; Menozzi, 1921: 26; Santschi, 1932d: 339; Ceballos, 1956: 298.
 * Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 158; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 60; Collingwood, 1978: 79 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 73; Legakis, 2011: 8; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 467; Borowiec, L. 2014: 19.

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.
 * Collingwood, C. A., and I. H. H. Yarrow. "A survey of Iberian Formicidae." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 44 (1969): 53-101.
 * Forel, A. "Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algerie orientale recoltees et decrites par Auguste Forel." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 34 (1890): lxi-lxxvi.
 * Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Redescription of Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Emery, 1908 with a key to gibbosa species group. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010002
 * Santschi, F. 1932. Etudes sur quelques Attomyrma paléarctiques. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 15: 338-346.