Aphaenogaster karpathica

Aphaenogaster karpathica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species group:	testaceopilosa
Species:	A. karpathica
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster karpathica Boer, 2013 Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Aphaenogaster karpathica.

Identification

A member of the A. testaceopilosa group. Compared with Aphaenogaster balcanica, Aphaenogaster melitensis and Aphaenogaster balcanicoides, the ratio between CI and SI is different. The widths of the petiole and postpetiole together are wider than in the other species: PPPI-mean 54.7, against 50.9–51.5: in A. balcanica and A. melitensis (p < 0.01), in A. balcanicoides (p < 0.05). The scape is longer: SI-mean 158, in the other four species 149 (p < 0.01). The setosity is shorter than in A. balcanica. Gynes and males unknown. (Boer 2013)

Keys including this Species

• Key to Aphaenogaster European testaceopilosa-group males
• Key to Aphaenogaster European testaceopilosa-group queens
• Key to Aphaenogaster European testaceopilosa-group workers

• Key to European Aphaenogaster workers

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Greece (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• karpathica. Aphaenogaster karpathica Boer, 2013: 68, fig. 36 (w.) GREECE.
  • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 13; Lebas, et al. 2016: 250; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 42.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Sculpture as in Aphaenogaster balcanica. Setosity relatively short (like Aphaenogaster balcanicoides).

Measurements (n = 13). CI 70–79 (74); CL 1.27–1.52 (1.42) mm; CW 0.93–1.15 (1.05) mm; PHI 31–35 (32); PI 73–88 (80); PPPI 50–61 (55); PSI 143–200 (170); PSLWI 67–150 (111); PWI 22–28 (24); RPH 112–143 (132); RPSI 20–65 (46); SI 147–164 (158); SI/CI 186–234 (215); SL 1.41–1.77 (1.64) mm; SPD 1–3 (1.9); 1–5.5 (4.0).

Type Material

Holotype: worker, Greece: Karpathos, Amopi, v.1982 (Collingwood, WML).

Etymology

The name refers to the type locality.

References

• Boer, P. 2013. Revision of the European ants of the Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 156, 57–93.
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Borowiec, L., Wieczorek, K., Salata, S. 2021. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Dodecanese Archipelago, Greece. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 30: 1-33 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5571270).
• Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Fisher, B.L., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Oueslati, W., Salata, S., Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80, 627–648 (doi:10.3897/asp.80.e84428).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Boer P. 2013. Revision of the European ants of the Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 156: 57-93.
• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-51.