01692nas a2200217 4500008004100000245012800041210006900169300001200238490000900250520089800259653001601157653002601173653001901199653002301218653001301241100002201254700002001276700001901296700001901315856014001334 2021 eng d00aTaxonomic review of the Cataglyphis livida complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a description of a new species from Iran0 aTaxonomic review of the Cataglyphis livida complex Hymenoptera F a117-1310 v10103 a

Cataglyphis  fici sp.  nov.,  a  member  of  the  Cataglyphis  livida  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 Cataglyphis livida complex is updated. Cataglyphis lutea Pisarski, 1967, stat. rev. is raised to the species level and Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881) is proposed as a senior synonym of Cataglyphis livida bulgarica  Atanassov,  1982,  syn.  nov.  and  Cataglyphis  albicans  mixtus  (Forel,  1895),  syn.  nov.  Finally,  a  provisional key to members of the livida complex is provided.

10aCataglyphis10aeastern Mediterranean10akey to species10asouth-western Iran10ataxonomy1 aSalata, Sebastian1 aKiyani, Haniyeh1 aMinaei, Kambiz1 aBorowiec, Lech uhttps://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/content/taxonomic-review-cataglyphis-livida-complex-hymenoptera-formicidae-description-new-species02077nas a2200241 4500008004100000245011100041210006900152300000900221520122300230653001701453653002001470653003001490653002501520653001801545653001301563100002001576700002201596700002201618700002001640700002001660700002001680856013501700 2013 eng d00aCryptic diversity in the Mediterranean Temnothorax lichtensteini species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)0 aCryptic diversity in the Mediterranean Temnothorax lichtensteini a1-143 a

In this paper we provide insight into the cryptic diversity and biogeographic patterns of a widely distributed Mediterranean ant species, Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87:1–174, 1918), based on evidence from multiple data sources. An exploratory analysis of morphometric data, combined with sequencing of a 652 bp fragment of the mitochondrial gene for
the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (CO I), indicates the existence of three distinct lineages. Divergence of two recognised genetic lineages, Western and Eastern Mediterranean clusters, is not reliably supported by confirmatory analysis of morphological data. We hypothesise that this reflects incomplete speciation in separate glacial refugia and therefore discuss only biogeographic aspects of these two parapatric populations. However, the third, Peloponnese, lineage is divergent in both morphology and CO I sequences and its separation from the other two lineages is convincingly confirmed. For this lineage we assume a completed speciation and describe the taxon formally as Temnothorax laconicus sp.n., the sister species of T. lichtensteini.

10aBiogeography10aCryptic species10aExploratory data analysis10aIntegrative taxonomy10aMorphometrics10ataxonomy1 aCsősz, Sándor1 aSeifert, Bernhard1 aMüller, Benedikt1 aTrindl, Andreas1 aSchulz, Andreas1 aHeinze, Jürgen uhttps://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/content/cryptic-diversity-mediterranean-temnothorax-lichtensteini-species-complex-hymenoptera