Taxonomic review of the complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a description of a new species from Iran.

Zookeys

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148, Wrocław, Poland California Academy of Sciences San Francisco United States of America.

Published: January 2021

, a member of the complex, is described from the Estahban county of south-western Iran. The species is characterized by small body size and yellow to yellowish red body coloration with distinctly infuscated legs. Additionally, the taxonomic status of all known members of the complex is updated. Pisarski, 1967, is raised to the species level and (André, 1881) is proposed as a senior synonym of Atanassov, 1982, and (Forel, 1895), Finally, a provisional key to members of the complex is provided.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7817649PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1010.58348DOI Listing

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