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

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

REMARKS

Tapinoma subboreale Emery, 1925 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 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 is replaced by a sister species: T. festae . 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 occurs in that country and that previous data on T. subboreale were based on misidentification (Lech Borowiec, personal communication). The material given here as Tapinoma cf. festae contains only workers and gynes, and it is not possible to separate T. festae from T. subboreale 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 for now and need further investigation.