@article{042edebfe4bb40278ac505c0461cfa2a,
title = "Aphaenogaster ichnusa santschi, 1925, bona species, and redescription of aphaenogaster subterranea (latreille, 1798) (hymenoptera, formicidae)",
abstract = "Morphological and molecular investigation conducted in France and the Tyrrhenian islands reveal that Aphaenogaster subterranea is composed of two distinct species. We propose to raise A. subterranea var. ichnusa Santschi, 1925, described from Sardinia, to the species status, A. ichnusa Santschi, 1925 stat. nov. This species differs from A. subterranea by having shorter propodeal spines and a less sculptured cuticle. Phylogenetic reconstruction using the mitochondrial marker COI shows that the two species form well separated clades, with a genetic distance (K2p) of 9.8 %. In the studied area, the two species are parapatric, A. ichnusa occurring in Sardinia, Corsica and the Mediterranean area of continental France, and A. subterranea occurring north of this area. We propose a redescription of both species and designation of a neotype for A. subterranea.",
keywords = "Ant taxonomy, COI, Corsica, DNA barcode, Sardinia, Western Palearctic",
author = "Christophe Galkowski and C. Aubert and R. Blatrix",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Thierry Noel (University of Montpellier), Thibaud Deca{\"e}ns and the members of the Groupe Naturaliste de l'Universit{\'e} de Montpellier (GNUM) for their help in processing samples, Paul Hebert (University of Guelph) for providing a privileged access to iBOL sequencing facility, and Marie-Pierre Dubois and the Service des Marqueurs G{\'e}n{\'e}tiques en Ecologie (CEFE) for providing facilities for molecular biology bench work. Many ant specimens were obtained through the AntArea project (www.antarea.fr). This research was funded by grants from the Fond de Solidarit{\'e} et de D{\'e}veloppement des Initiatives Etudiantes (FSDIE) of the University of Montpellier and from the Office de l'Environnement de la Corse (OEC). Funding Information: We thank Thierry Noel (University of Montpellier), Thibaud Deca{\"e}ns and the members of the Groupe Naturaliste de l{\textquoteright}Universit{\'e} de Montpellier (GNUM) for their help in processing samples, Paul Hebert (University of Guelph) for providing a privileged access to iBOL sequencing facility, and Marie-Pierre Dubois and the Service des Marqueurs G{\'e}n{\'e}tiques en Ecologie (CEFE) for providing facilities for molecular biology bench work. Many ant specimens were obtained through the AntArea project (www.antarea.fr). This research was funded by grants from the Fond de Solidarit{\'e} et de D{\'e}veloppement des Initiatives Etudiantes (FSDIE) of the University of Montpellier and from the Office de l{\textquoteright}Environnement de la Corse (OEC). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.3660",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "66",
pages = "420--425",
journal = "Sociobiology",
issn = "0361-6525",
publisher = "California State University, Chico",
number = "3",
}