Aphaenogaster striativentris

Identification
A member of the Aphaenogaster gibbosa-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Spain, Spain.

Morphology
Castro et al. (2016) described a stridulatory structure in this species. They used SEM photographs to discern the details they reported.

The pars stridens is oval, but in this case it is wider than long, with a length of 0.09 mm and a width of 0.14 mm. The striation is thinner than the values obtained for Aphaenogaster senilis by Álvarez (2009), with a ridge average width of 0.90 μm. Pillars are more prominent than in A. senilis but, as in other species of Aphaenogaster, they are scarcely conspicuous and have a more diffuse sculpture.

Nomenclature

 *  striativentris. Aphaenogaster striola r. striativentris Forel, 1895d: 228 (w.) SPAIN. Tinaut & Jiminez-Rojas, 1991: 118 (q.m.). Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 58. Subspecies of gibbosa: Emery, 1908c: 334. Raised to species: Collingwod & Yarrow, 1969: 60.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Collingwood, C. A., and I. H. H. Yarrow. "A survey of Iberian Formicidae." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 44 (1969): 53-101.
 * Gomez K., D. Martinez, and X. Espadaler. 2018. Phylogeny of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of a new species. Sociobiology 65: 215-224.
 * Hernandez Cuba O., J. L. Perez-Bote, and J. M. Garcia Jimenez. 2006. Los formicidos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Parque Natural de Cornaldo (suroeste de la Peninsula Iberica). Boletin Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 38: 356-358.
 * Tinaut A. 2016. Ants of the Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Mountains Natural Park (Andalusia, Spain) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 40 (1-2): 125-159.
 * Tinaut, A., and J. Jiménez Rojas. "Redescripción de Aphaenogaster striativentris Forel, 1895 y consideraciones sobre su polimorfismo (Hymenotera, Formicidae)." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 66 (2) (1991): 117-126.