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AC
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, figs 111. (w, q, m.) Armenia. Palearctic. [not examined].
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C669740FF15506A8EF2FEE1" bold="true" box="[189,427,270,296]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Material examined</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BE646742C669740FF1550598C7BFE57" blockId="24.[189,1398,317,414]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">GREECE: 3 w, Dodecanese, Rhodes Kolymbia, 36.23˚ N, 28.15˚ E, alt. 157 m, 3 May 2015, L. Borowiec leg. (ROD-220); 4 w, Aegean Is., Lesbos Anaxos Skoutarou, 39.31˚ N, 26.14˚ E, alt. 28 m, 7 Jun. 2015, L. Borowiec leg. (LES-239) (all material in KSMA).</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C669740FF4250A18EE5FE16" bold="true" box="[234,444,453,479]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Previous records</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BE646742C669740FF15508D8FBEFDEC" blockId="24.[189,1399,453,549]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: w, Hatta-Khor Kalba, 25.07˚ N, 56.35˚ E, 12 Feb. 2005, C.A. Collingwood leg.</paragraph>
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MEASUREMENTS. Worker: HL 0.691.37; HW 0.621.38; EL 0.15; SL 0.520.87; ML 0.831.37 (
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). Large worker: TL 3.504.89; HL 1.031.31; HW 1.011.43; SL 0.700.91; EL 0.150.16; ML 1.051.40; PW 0.550.66; PTL 0.220.33; PTW 0.150.21; PPL 0.180.23; PPW 0.200.23; CI 107109; EI 1114; SI 64 (CASENT0281551, CASENT0914153). Small worker: TL 2.15; HL 0.55; HW 0.54; SL 0.42; EL 0.11; ML 0.68; PW 0.31; PTL 0.13; PTW 0.10; PPL 0.13; PPW 0.13; CI 98; EI 20; SI 78 (CASENT0281552).
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C669740FF15570C8E95F94B" bold="true" box="[189,460,1640,1666]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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Separation is given under
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. In addition,
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seems similar to a species described under
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,
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C669740FE1557DF8D37F91D" box="[445,622,1722,1748]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">M. dentigerum</emphasis>
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, from Syria, but more material of both species is required in order to verify the synonymy.
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C669740FF15567B8D67F8F0" bold="true" box="[189,574,1823,1849]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ecological and biological notes</emphasis>
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Granivorous species. It prefers open and dry habitats including pastures, shores of artificial lakes, seashore with
<emphasis id="B92D9A662C669740FEC156148E83F843" box="[361,474,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">phrygana</emphasis>
, abandoned gardens, but also found in limestone gorges with
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C669740FB6D56148A74F843" box="[1221,1325,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Platanus</emphasis>
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trees, open pine forests and open oak woodlands. Nests are built directly in the ground and under stones.
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<paragraph id="8BE646742C679741FF1550698E42FE82" blockId="25.[189,1399,269,331]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Lowland species, the highest locality in Greece was recorded at about 570 m a.s.l. (L. Borowiec pers. comm.).</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C679741FF1550168E0EFE45" bold="true" box="[189,343,370,396]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Distribution</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C679741FF1550C48EB3FE73" box="[189,490,416,442]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Trichomyrmex perplexus</emphasis>
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was described from Armenia and recorded from United Arab Emirates (
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Collingwood
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2011
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), the Middle East including Jordan, and Syria (
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), Eastern Europe and from the Mediterranean Basin including Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus (
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). It is common in the Aegean Islands, Crete, Macedonia, Dodecanese Islands, Ionian Islands, and Thessaly (
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,
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; L. Borowiec pers. comm.).
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