Setting the record straight: a re-examination of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Cyprus deposited at the Museum of Zoology of Athens Author Demetriou, Jakovos Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece. & Laboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology, Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, BFC RAF Akrotiri BFPO 57, Akrotiri, Cyprus. & Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre, Acropoleos 2, Aglantzia 2101, Nicosia, Cyprus. Author Georgiadis, Christos Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece. & Museum of Zoology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece. Author Ralli, Vasiliki Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece. Author Salata, Sebastian University of Wrocław, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Myrmecological Laboratory, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland. Author Borowiec, Lech University of Wrocław, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Myrmecological Laboratory, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-10-14 5523 1 49 69 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.1.3 journal article 304572 10.11646/zootaxa.5523.1.3 08a7a280-de62-43dd-b3dc-cd9036527364 1175-5326 13933892 CA00E3E3-DEF6-4EF2-94BE-836EAF5579A4 Tapinoma phoeniceum Emery, 1925 Tapinoma simrothi var. phoenicea Emery, 1925 Akrotiri UK Sovereign Base Area • Lemessos , Akrotiri , Lady's Mile beach ; 34.5962 ; 33.0073 ; 2 m alt.; 4.V.2008 ; Savvas Zotos leg.; pitfall traps prhygana and sand dunes, previously identified as Tapinoma simrothi ; ZMUA , 1 w. • Lemessos , Akrotiri , Lady's Mile beach ; 34.5962 ; 33.0073 ; 2 m alt.; 4.V.2008 ; Savvas Zotos leg.; pitfall traps phrygana and sand dunes, previously identified as Crematogaster inermis aphrodite ; ZMUA , 1 w. • Lemessos , Akrotiri , Lady's Mile beach ; 34.5962 ; 33.0073 ; 2 m alt.; 4.V.2008 ; Savvas Zotos leg.; pitfall traps, phrygana and sand dunes, previously identified as Tapinoma cf. erraticum ; ZMUA , 2 w. • Lemessos , Akrotiri , Lady's Mile beach ; 34.5962 ; 33.0073 ; 2 m alt.; 4.V.2008 ; Savvas Zotos leg.; pitfall traps, phrygana and sand dunes; ZMUA , 2 w. • Lemessos , Akrotiri , Lady's Mile beach ; 34.5962 ; 33.0073 ; 2 m alt.; 30.XI.2007 ; Savvas Zotos leg.; pitfall traps, phrygana and sand dunes, previously identified as Tapinoma cf. subboreale ; ZMUA , 3 w. • Lemessos , Akrotiri , Lady's Mile beach ; 34.5962 ; 33.0073 ; 2 m alt.; 4.V.2008 ; Savvas Zotos leg.; pitfall traps, phrygana and sand dunes, previously identified as Tapinoma sp. ; ZMUA , 3 w. • Lemessos , Akrotiri , Western beach ; 34.5898 , 32.9502 ; 15 m alt.; 14.V.2007 ; Anastasios Legakis leg.; ZMUA , 1 w. • Lemessos , Akrotiri , Western beach ; 34.5898 , 32.9502 ; 15 m alt.; 14.V.2007 ; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identified as Tapinoma israele ; ZMUA , 1 w. — Limassol • Lemessos , Agia Mavri ; 34.8461 , 32.8687 ; 720 m alt.; 3–17.VIII.2013 ; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, Platanus sp. , next to riverbank, previously identified as Tapinoma cf. semileve ; ZMUA , 1 w. • Lemessos , Pissouri , Trachonas 1; 34.6472 , 32.6951 ; 225 m alt.; 21.VII–4.VIII.2013 ; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, 300 m from the sea, phrygana with Ceratonia siliqua ; ZMUA , 1 w. • Lemessos , Pissouri , Trachonas 1; 34.6472 , 32.6951 ; 225 m alt.; 4–18.VIII.2013 ; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, 300 m from the sea, phrygana with Ceratonia siliqua , previously identified as Tapinoma sp. ; ZMUA , 1 w. — Nicosia • Lefkosia , Lythrodontas , Gyalias dam; 34.9713 , 33.2856 ; 420 m alt.; 23.II.2007 ; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identified as Tapinoma erraticum ; ZMUA , 1w. • Lefkosia , Lythrodontas , Gyalias dam; 34.9713 , 33.2856 ; 420 m alt.; 23.II.2007 ; Anastasios Legakis leg.; ZMUA , 1 w. — Paphos • Pafos , Skoulli riv.; 34.9791 ; 32.4568 ; 90 m alt.; 13.V.2007 ; Anastasios Legakis leg.; ZMUA , 2 w. • Pafos , Skoulli riv.; 34.9791 ; 32.4568 ; 90 m alt.; 13.V.2007 ; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identfied as Tapinoma simrothi ; ZMUA , 1 w. • Pafos , Skoulli riv. ; 34.9791 ; 32.4568 ; 90 m alt.; 21.II.2007 ; Anastasios Legakis leg.; ZMUA , 1 w. • Pafos , Skoulli riv. ; 34.9791 ; 32.4568 ; 90 m alt.; 21.II.2007 ; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identfied as Tapinoma simrothi ; ZMUA , 1 w.