Plagiolepis atlantis

Salata et al. (2018) found this species (as its junior synonym Plagiolepis perperamus) associated with humid areas overgrown by macchia or forests. Nests in soil, most often below rocks. Workers were observed in the material collected by beating sheet from blackberry bushes. Colonies polygynous.

Distribution
This is an uncommon species but known from all Greek provinces (Borowiec et al., 2022, as Plagiolepis perperamus).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece, Iran, Tunisia , Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Plagiolepis maura var. atlantis Santschi, 1920g: 171 (w.q.m.) TUNISIA.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 21; Menozzi, 1932e: 453; Menozzi, 1934: 163; Finzi, 1936: 184.
 * Subspecies of pallescens: Bolton, 1995b: 334; Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018: 820.
 * Status as species: Seifert, 2020: 187.
 * Senior synonym of crosi: Seifert, 2020: 189.
 * Senior synonym of kabyla: Seifert, 2020: 189.
 * Senior synonym of perperamus: Seifert, 2020: 189.
 * crosi. Plagiolepis schmitzi st. crosi Santschi, 1920g: 168, fig. 1S (w.q.) ALGERIA.
 * [Misspelled as crozi by Emery, 1925b: 20, and others.]
 * Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953c: 135 (l.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1921d: 315 (footnote); Emery, 1925b: 20; Santschi, 1931a: 10; Santschi, 1936c: 205; Santschi, 1939d: 77; Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249; Bernard, 1948: 154; Ceballos, 1956: 310.
 * Junior synonym of schmitzii: Collingwood, 1978: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 335; Sharaf, Aldawood & Taylor, 2011: 208.
 * Junior synonym of atlantis: Seifert, 2020: 189.
 * kabyla. Plagiolepis maura var. kabyla Santschi, 1920g: 170, fig. 1O,P (w.m.) TUNISIA, ALGERIA.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 21.
 * Subspecies of pallescens: Bolton, 1995b: 335; Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018: 820.
 * Junior synonym of atlantis: Seifert, 2020: 189.
 * perperamus. Plagiolepis perperamus Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018: 816, figs. 12-15 (w.) GREECE (Crete I., Lesbos I., Naxos I., Karpathos I., Kos I., Korfu I., Greek mainland), TURKEY, IRAN.
 * Status as species: Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48; Khalili-Moghadam, et al. 2019: 171.
 * Junior synonym of atlantis: Seifert, 2020: 189.