Aphaenogaster ovaticeps muelleriana

Identification
A member of the Aphaenogaster splendida-group.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster ovaticeps subsp. muelleriana Wolf, 1915: 44, figs. 5, 6 (w.) ITALY.
 * [Aphaenogaster ovaticeps subsp. muelleriana Wolf, in Emery, 1914d: 156. Nomen nudum.]
 * Emery, 1916b: 140 (q.m.); Finzi, 1927a: 8 (m.).
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 58.
 * Subspecies of ovaticeps: Emery, 1916b: 130; Emery, 1921f: 58; Finzi, 1922: 119; Finzi, 1923: 3; Müller, 1923b: 55; Soudek, 1925b: 14; Finzi, 1927a: 8; Zimmermann, 1935: 13; Baroni Urbani, 1962: 130; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 51.
 * Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Schulz, A. 1994a: 423; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Poldi, et al. 1995: 3; Bračko, 2006: 135; Petrov, 2006: 90 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 17; Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 18; Legakis, 2011: 7; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 465; Borowiec, L. 2014: 15; Lebas, et al. 2016: 262; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 42.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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