Pheidole balcanica, Bernhard Seifert, 2016

Bernhard Seifert, 2016, Inconvenient hyperdiversity - the traditional concept of “ PheIdole pallIdula ” includes four cryptic species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Soil Organisms 88 (1), pp. 1-18 : 2

Pheidole balcanica sp. nov.

A total of 34 nest samples originated from the following countries: Bosnia 2, Bulgaria 8, Croatia 4, Greece 5, Montenegro 5 and Turkey 12 samples. A total of 95 major workers was subject to NUMOBAT investigation.

BULGARIA: Arkutino, 1978.08.0 1 [42.319, 27.742, 23]; Arkutino-1

km N, 1982.09.17, No 424 [42.328, 27.742, 23]; Chernomorec,

2006.07.22, No 1 and No 2 [42.44, 27.64, 5]; Melnik, 1982.09.0 1,

No 387 [41.530, 23.392, 400]; Nessebar, 1974.07.20 [42.660, 27.710,

10]; Sozopol, 1982.09.20, No 362 [42.411, 27.694, 30]; Sozopol-15

km WNW, 1982.09.16, No 373 [42.433, 27.529, 12]. CROATIA:

Pula, 2013.06.0 6, No 35 [44.874, 13.854, 50]; Rab-3.5 km W,

2014.08.0 9, No 103 [44.762, 14.717, 1]; Smokvitza Krmpotska-0.4

km W, 2014.07.29, holotype balcanica [45.08710, 14.84735, 8];

Split, 2013.08.16, No x [43.512, 16.414, 50]. GREECE: Agia Triada,

2001.06.0 3, No 102 [40.498, 22.881, 5]; Kalamata-8 km E, 1996.07.23

[37.078, 22.165, 500]; Palaeokastritza-1 km NW, 1996.10.0 6, No 234

[39.678, 19.694, 180]; Peloponnisos, without date [assumed 37.5, 22.0,

300]; Valta-1.2 km W, Mt. Panachaiko, 2014.07.13 [38.117, 22.053,

934]. MONTENEGRO: Herceg Novi, 20130511, No 16 [42.453,

18.552, 107]; Podgorica-12 km NE, 2014.06.0 4, No 7 [42.546, 19.367,

131]; Skadar, Komarno-4.8 km N, 2014.06.0 3, No 5 and No 8 [42.330,

19.071, 129]; Skadar, Virpasar, 2014.06.0 2, No 11 [42.244, 19.094,

33]. TURKEY: Beldibi, 2010.06.27, No 1 and No 2 [36.730, 30.560,

10]; Yahyali-Cubuklu village, 2010.06.0 8, No 1187 [38.102, 35.252,

1387]; Edirne, 2007.09.0 4, No 0 0 0 6 [41.667, 26.550, 41]; Göynük,

2010.06.28 [36.670, 30.550, 144]; Ilgin-Digrak Köyü, 2011.06.16,

No 0 653 [38.029, 31.755, 1463]; Kirklareli-Alpullu, 2013.04.23, No

0126c [41.367, 27.133, 41]; Kirklareli-Vize, 2011.05.25, No 0 244

[41.584, 27.710, 348]; Kiyiköy, 2011.05.22, No 0 137 [41.657, 28.086,

33]; Lake Göltarla, 2010.07.0 4 [36.570, 29.950, 1019]; Sahinyurdu

village, 1998.08.12, No 0 595 [40.467, 29.216, 950]; Sancak-Tepesi,

2003.09.12, No 0202a [41.067, 30.150, 330].