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The taxonomy of most
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD513C4FABEBF3BFA46" box="[408,527,1401,1427]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Solenopsis</emphasis>
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species
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in the Mediterranean is still in dire conditions with a few exceptions. One of the problems regarding all the remaining species has been confusion under the name
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5105CFA13BF6EFA38" box="[512,602,1491,1518]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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. Similar to
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51082FA13BDF5F9DE" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">L. alienus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD512A5FA35BC66F9DE" box="[249,338,1522,1547]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">L. niger</emphasis>
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for
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD513DEFA35BCFEF9DE" box="[386,458,1522,1547]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Lasius</emphasis>
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(as mentioned before), the name
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51357F9D7BC51F9FF" box="[267,357,1552,1578]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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was extensively used to name most
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5122DF9E9BDDCF99D" box="[113,232,1582,1608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Solenopsis</emphasis>
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populations in the region avoiding serious identification efforts. Such a confusing approach has long been justified by the lack of clarity regarding the concept of
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51083F9ADBD9BF977" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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itself. Since Galkowski
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD513E6F94EBCDCF977" box="[442,488,1672,1698]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
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. (2010) finally provided a clearer definition of
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51331F960BCFCF915" box="[365,456,1702,1729]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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, it became possible to test whether many populations previously assigned to
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD510C7F902BFC0F90A" box="[667,756,1733,1759]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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truly represented this species. While
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51059F924BF6AF928" box="[517,606,1763,1789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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convincingly appears to be the sole species of its genus in Central Europe, there are many Mediterranean taxa with a similar look, and its distribution in the Mediterranean is still unclear (Seifert, 2018). For instance, a recent examination of newly collected specimens and museum material suggested
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<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD51083F8BDBD9BF864" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1798" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fugax">
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51083F8BDBD9BF864" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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to be absent from
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<collectingRegion id="6B74F850FFB4FFD51322F850BCE9F864" box="[382,477,1943,1969]" country="Italy" name="Sardegna" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Sardinia</collectingRegion>
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, where only
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<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD51037F85FBEFFFF77" authority="Emery 1915" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1915" box="[619,971,135,1970]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lusitanica">
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51037F85FBFC0F864" box="[619,756,1943,1970]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. lusitanica</emphasis>
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Emery 1915
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(and
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51652FF4FB943FF74" box="[1038,1143,135,162]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. orbula</emphasis>
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) may be present (Schifani
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD517F2FF4FBE62FF6A" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
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., 2021b). In
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,
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5166AFF61B9A5FF15" box="[1078,1169,166,192]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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was recorded from several localities by Donisthorpe (1927), Baroni Urbani (1964a), and La Pergola
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD511AEFF24B911FF29" box="[1010,1061,226,252]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
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. (2008). In addition, it was recorded from the circum-Sicilian island of Ustica (Riggio & De Stefani Perez, 1887), Aeolian (Kutter, 1927), and Egadi islands (Scupola, 2009). We never found
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<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD51749FEFBB845FE83" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1798" box="[1301,1393,316,342]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fugax">
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51749FEFBB845FE83" box="[1301,1393,316,342]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
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during our surveys in
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and on the Egadi and Aeolian islands (see also Schär
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51653FEBEB90BFE47" box="[1039,1087,376,402]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
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. 2020; authors’ unpublished data), even at higher altitudes where Central-European species are more common. Instead, the widespread form that we encountered is provisionally named
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<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD5168AFE14BEFAFDDE" authority="(Schar et al., 2020)" baseAuthorityName="Schar" baseAuthorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="latro" subSpecies="sicula">
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5168AFE14B845FE38" box="[1238,1393,467,493]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. latro sicula</emphasis>
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(Schär
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., 2020)
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. The attribution of the Sardinian population to
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<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD51103FDC8BEDEFDFC" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1915" box="[863,1002,527,553]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lusitanica">
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<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51103FDC8BEDEFDFC" box="[863,1002,527,553]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. lusitanica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
awaits to be confirmed by a proper revision (Schifani
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD511B9FDE9B92CFD92" box="[997,1048,557,583]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 2021b), as well as the identification of the Sicilian one as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD5166EFD8BB9F8FDB0" box="[1074,1228,587,614]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="latro" subSpecies="sicula">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5166EFD8BB9F8FDB0" box="[1074,1228,587,614]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. latro sicula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In addition, a review of North African
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD5164CFDADB9B3FD51" authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1840" box="[1040,1159,618,644]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5164CFDADB9B3FD51" box="[1040,1159,618,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Solenopsis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
taxonomy, regrettably plagued by scientific names based on few workers, is strongly needed to understand whether Sicilian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD5177DFD61B8ACFD15" authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1840" box="[1313,1432,678,704]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5177DFD61B8ACFD15" box="[1313,1432,678,704]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Solenopsis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are related to them. At the same time, our finding undermines the assumption that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD5167CFD24B94EFD29" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1798" box="[1056,1146,738,765]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fugax">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5167CFD24B94EFD29" box="[1056,1146,738,765]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is widespread in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D1A77622FFB4FFD51763FD25B847FD29" box="[1343,1395,738,764]" name="Italy" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Italy</collectingCountry>
|
||
, where the only reliable records come from the northern regions (Castracani
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51199FCD8BEC2FCED" box="[965,1014,798,824]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 2020; Schifani
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD516E9FCD8B9D2FCED" box="[1205,1254,798,824]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 2021b). The recognition of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD511EBFCFAB961FC83" box="[951,1109,828,855]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="latro" subSpecies="sicula">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD511EBFCFAB961FC83" box="[951,1109,828,855]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. latro sicula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD516C1FCFAB9CDFC82" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1798" box="[1181,1273,829,855]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fugax">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD516C1FCFAB9CDFC82" box="[1181,1273,829,855]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. fugax</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may be based on worker chaetotaxy (see images in Schär
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5175EFC9CB800FCA0" box="[1282,1332,859,885]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 2020), but, similarly to Sardinian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6EB04D31FFB4FFD5166BFCBEB9F4FC46" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1915" box="[1079,1216,889,915]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lusitanica">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD5166BFCBEB9F4FC46" box="[1079,1216,889,915]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">S. lusitanica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, gynes and males have better diagnostic features, especially size, head shape, and sculpture (Galkowski
|
||
<emphasis id="9BC4EAA0FFB4FFD51668FC71B951FC1A" box="[1076,1125,949,975]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 2010;
|
||
<figureCitation id="318B2A37FFB4FFD516E3FC72B835FC05" box="[1215,1281,949,976]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="11.[189,221,1942,1964]" captionTargetBox="[295,1292,136,1917]" captionTargetId="figure-54@11.[295,1292,136,1917]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Fig. 5 - Solenopsis latro sicula. a-b,e) Queen / regina; c-d,f) male / maschio. Monte Pellegrino. Scale bar / scala grafica: 0.5 mm (ESC)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12753999" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12753999/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |