Tapinoma cf. festae Emery, 1925

Kiran, Kadri & Karaman, Celal, 2020, Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Zoosystema 42 (18), pp. 285-329: 288

Tapinoma cf. festae Emery, 1925  Edit

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 5☿; Adana; 37°03’46”N, 35°21’21”E; 154 m; 22. VI.2004; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0011f  Edit • 50 ☿; Ceyhan ; 37°01’N, 35°49’E; 25.IV.2013; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 13 /0169a  Edit • 1 ☿; Pozantı, Kamışlı Vill. ; 37°33’N, 34°56’E; 800 m; 18. VI.2010; I. Avcı leg.; EMTU 10 /0146d  Edit • 14 ☿; Amasya; 40°39’N, 35°50’E; 450 m; 01.VIII.2015; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 15 /0048a  Edit • 4 ☿; Antalya, Belek ; 36°51’N, 31°03’E; 01.VII.2012; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 12 /0069c  Edit • 9 ☿; Gazipaşa ; 36°16’N, 32°20’E; 15.IV.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 14 /0120d  Edit • 4 ☿; Kemer, Tekirova Vill. ; 36°30.220’E, 30°31.373’E; 21 m; 17. V.2013; A. Lenoir leg.; EMTU 13 /0067  Edit • 5 ☿; Manavgat, Karacalar Vill. ; 36°44’N, 31°33’E; 01.VII.2004; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0963b  Edit • 3 ☿; Yeniköy ; 36°50’N, 31°22’E; 01.VII.2012; S. Ülgentürk leg.; EMTU 12 /0072e  Edit • 3 ☿; Serik ; 36°55’N, 31°06’E; 01.VII.2012; S. Ülgentürk leg.; EMTU 12 /0070a  Edit • 26 ☿; Aydın; 37°50’N, 27°51’E; 05. V.2010; S. Ülgentürk leg.; EMTU 10 /0217  Edit • 5☿; Didim ; 37°22’N, 27°15’E; 20.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 14 /0117i  Edit • 45 ☿; Kuşadası ; 37°50’40”N, 27°14’40”E; 16 m; 30. VI.2006; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 06 /0016  Edit • 45 ☿; Balıkesir, Ayvalık ; 39°20’10”N, 26°42’38”E; 0 m; 18.VII.2012; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 12 /0029a  Edit • 4 ☿; Sarımsaklı ; 39°16’02”N, 26°40’58”E; 0 m; 13.VII.2012; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 12 /0028  Edit • 1 ☿; Burhaniye, Ören Beach ; 39°29’49”N, 26°55’58”E; 0 m; 19. V.2013; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 13 /0153g  Edit • 10 ☿; Hatay; 36°12’N, 36°11’E; 10. V.2015; S. Yıldız leg.; EMTU 15 /0043a  Edit • 13☿; İstanbul; 41°00’N, 28°58’E; 03.XI.2012; A. Lenoir leg.; EMTU 12 /0085  Edit • 11 ☿; Büyükçekmece, Göktürk ; 41°00’N, 28°31’E; 12. V.2012; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 12 /0021c  Edit • 3 ♀, 12 ☿; Eyüp ; 41°03’15”N, 28°56’01”E; 74 m; 01. V.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 14 /0126a  Edit • 13 ☿; Maltepe ; 40°55’N, 29°09’E; 12. V.2013; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 13 /0167a  Edit • 27 ☿; İzmir, Bayraklı ; 38°29’39”N, 27°08’47”E; 252 m; 18. V.2013; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 13 /0148a  Edit • 9 ☿; Bornova ; 38°27’N, 27°14’E; 10.IX.2004; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0395a  Edit • 2 ☿; Çeşme, Ilıca ; 38°18’56”N, 26°20’44”E; 0 m; 21.VII.2009; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 09 /0041c  Edit • 4 ☿; Karaburun ; 38°37’54”N, 26°31’34”E; 11 m; 21.VII.2013; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 13 /0152c  Edit • 50 ☿; Konak ; 38°25’07”N, 27°07’43”E; 9 m; 17. V.2013; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 13 /0145a  Edit • 2 ☿; Seferihisar, Sığacık Vill. ; 38°11’N, 26°46’E; 27.VII.2013; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 13 /0164a  Edit • 8☿; Selçuk, Şirince ; 37°56’N, 27°25’E; 17.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 14 /0118b  Edit • 2 ☿; Kayseri; 38°43’N, 35°28’E; 21.VIII.2013; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 13 /0171a  Edit • 11 ☿; Kırşehir, Kaman, Hirfanlı Vill. ; 39°16’15”N, 33°30’57”E; 880 m; 23.VIII.2004; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0585  Edit • 1 ♀; Malatya, Akçadağ, Sultansuyu Studfarm ; 38°20’36”N, 38°03’35”E; 881 m; 03. VI.2007; M. Yurtcan leg.; EMTU 07 /0072  Edit • 33 ☿; Manisa, Gölmarmara, Yeniköy ; 38°39’N, 28°02’E; 98 m; 09.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2104a  Edit • 4 ☿; Mersin, Tarsus ; 36°54’N, 34°53’E; 15. V.2015; S. Yıldız; EMTU 15 /0044b  Edit • 9 ☿; Muğla, Bodrum, Türkbükü ; 37°07’55”N, 27°22’51”E; 0 m; 18.IX.2010; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 10 /0152a  Edit • 3 ☿; Nevşehir, Avanos ; 38°43’N, 34°51’E; 13. V.2013; A. Lenoir leg.; EMTU 13 /0050  Edit • 50 ☿; Osmaniye, Zorkun Upland ; 36°56’55”N, 36°21’35”E; 1575 m; 13. VI.2010; I. Avcı leg.; EMTU 10 /0142b  Edit • 21☿; Şanlıurfa, Bozova ; 37°28’11”N, 38°18’41”E; 529 m; 25.IV.2015; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 15 /0012c  Edit .

REMARKS

Tapinoma subboreale Emery, 1925  Edit is distributed in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., France: Corsica, mainland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy: mainland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain: Baleares, mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine ( Borowiec & Salata 2012). Borowiec & Salata (2012) stated that T. subboreale  Edit occurs in Greece and Turkey but in eastern part of the Mediterranean basin this species is very rare and occurs only in its northern borders. In the Aegean and Anatolian Regions T. subboreale  Edit is replaced by a sister species: T. festae  Edit . Both species are extremely similar in worker and gyne castes and are easy to distinguish only by study male genitalia. Re-examination of material from Greece showed that only T. festae  Edit occurs in that country and that previous data on T. subboreale  Edit were based on misidentification (Lech Borowiec, personal communication). The material given here as Tapinoma cf. festae  Edit contains only workers and gynes, and it is not possible to separate T. festae  Edit from T. subboreale  Edit without examination on male genitalia. In this manner, according to their distributional dominance in the region this material without males are left as Tapinoma cf. festae  Edit for now and need further investigation.