Aphaenogaster semipolita ionia Santschi

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Aphaenogaster balcanica.

Nomenclature

 * 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.