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What follows is based on a taxonomic change that appeared on AntCat in 2022 as unpublished that declared
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to be a junior synonym of
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(
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. The purpose of this section is to formalize this change in a taxonomic paper as suggested by Bolton (pers. comm.) and discuss it.
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is a recently redescribed member of the
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group endemic to Sicily and Calabria (
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;
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Schifani
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2022
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). It was described by
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to replace the quadrinomial “
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subterraneo-splendida
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” previously published by
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as a
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and with the geographic origin (Palermo, Sicily) as the only information. This first name was a puzzle of the actual
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, splendida,
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and
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groups. This mixing testifies to the difficulties encountered at that time in classifying
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as well as the fact that the
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group was still unrecognized (
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;
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Schifani
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2022
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). The description by
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, almost three decades later, aimed to clarify the identity of this taxon but was based on the wrong assumption that the previous name had remained a
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. Instead,
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, in a key containing several
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<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3B32AEC8FAE8FB07" box="[804,974,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">Aphaenogaster</emphasis>
species
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, treated also “
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<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3CD0AEC8FC4AFB07" box="[1222,1388,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">A. subterranea</emphasis>
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var.
<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3881AEF4F8B3FAE3" box="[151,405,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">subterraneo-splendida</emphasis>
Emery &amp; Forel” and made a very brief description of its morphology based on specimens from Sicily and from
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, which represents a valid description. Thus,
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<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3BE7AF10FC20FADF" box="[1009,1286,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">A. subterraneosplendida</emphasis>
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has priority over
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<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D394FAF3CF89AFABB" box="[345,444,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">A. sicula</emphasis>
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. Treating
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<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3A39AF3CFA65FABB" box="[559,835,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">A. subterraneosplendida</emphasis>
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as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3C0DAF3CFDE4FABB" box="[1051,1218,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">A. subterranea</emphasis>
(Latreille, 1798)
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is clearly incorrect (
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;
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Schifani
<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3AF4AF58FA3CFA97" box="[738,794,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">et al.</emphasis>
2022
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).
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Thus, the Lebanese specimens that
<bibRefCitation id="EFE44B431577417D3A46AF84FBC1FA73" author="Andre, E." box="[592,743,1411,1437]" pageId="9" pageNumber="68" pagination="345 - 404" refId="ref7978" refString="Andre, E. (1883) Les fourmis. In: Andre, E., Species des Hymenopteres d'Europe et d'Algerie. Tome Deuxieme. Edmond Andre, Beaune, pp. 345 - 404." type="book chapter" year="1883">André (1883)</bibRefCitation>
mentioned certainly are not conspecific with the Sicilian ones and perhaps represented what
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eventually described as
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<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3BBFAFA0FD5BFA2E" box="[937,1149,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">A. gibbosa syriaca</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE44B431577417D3C90AFA0FC3CFA2F" author="Emery, C." box="[1158,1306,1447,1473]" pageId="9" pageNumber="68" pagination="305 - 338" refId="ref8545" refString="Emery, C. (1908) Beitrage zur Monographie der Formiciden des palaarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung.) III. Die mit Aphaenogaster verwandte Gattungengruppe. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 3, 305 - 338. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 48019080302" type="journal article" year="1908">Emery, 1908</bibRefCitation>
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. André and Emery, at least for some years, had a close collaboration and exchanged Sicilian samples on different occasions (
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Schifani
<emphasis id="B901EAA01577417D3910AFE8F819F9E7" box="[262,319,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="68">et al.</emphasis>
2020
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). This obligate synonymization that follows the ICZN code unfortunately retroactively strips Emery of the paternity of a taxon he first discovered and later described in detail, even though there is no evidence that
<bibRefCitation id="EFE44B431577417D38D1AC30F878F9BF" author="Andre, E." box="[199,350,1591,1617]" pageId="9" pageNumber="68" pagination="345 - 404" refId="ref7978" refString="Andre, E. (1883) Les fourmis. In: Andre, E., Species des Hymenopteres d'Europe et d'Algerie. Tome Deuxieme. Edmond Andre, Beaune, pp. 345 - 404." type="book chapter" year="1883">André (1883)</bibRefCitation>
intended to make a formal description.
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