Aphaenogaster ovaticeps muelleriana

Identification
A member of the Aphaenogaster splendida-group. Key to European Aphaenogaster workers.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Nomenclature

 *  muelleriana. Aphaenogaster ovaticeps subsp. muelleriana Wolf, 1915: 44, figs. 5, 6 (w.) ITALY. Emery, 1916b: 140 (q.m.). Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 58. [Aphaenogaster ovaticeps subsp. muelleriana Wolf, in Emery, 1914d: 156. Nomen nudum.] Raised to species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54. See also: Finzi, 1927a: 8; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 51.