Phylogeny of the West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants, including all the species-groups of the region as well as the tropical Deromyrma clade based on a Bayesian analysis of one mitochondrial (COI) and six nuclear (EPICs) markers. Support values represent Bayesian posterior probability values (PP). In the rightmost part of the figure, we present the new species-groups boundaries based on the interpretation of the phylogenetic results that is offered in the Discussion section. Photographs of worker specimens from A. cecconii (CASENT0179868, photo by Erin Prado), A. crocea croceoides (CASENT0907682, syntype, photo by Will Ericson), A. gibbosa (CASENT0914409, photo by Zach Lieberman), A. obsidiana (CASENT0280957, photo by Shannon Hartman), A. dulcineae (CASENT0280959, photo by Michele Esposito), A. splendida (CASENT0280965, photo by S. Hartman), A. subterranea (CASENT0173580, photo by April Nobile), A. testaceopilosa (CASENT0280966, photo by S. Hartman), A. sardoa (CASENT0916080, syntype, photo by Anna Pal), A. cardenai (CASENT0249624, photo by Z. Lieberman), A. swammerdami (CASENT0489647, photo by A. Nobile).

 
 
  Part of: Schifani E, Alicata A, Menchetti M, Borowiec L, Fisher BL, Karaman C, Kiran K, Oueslati W, Salata S, Blatrix R (2022) Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80: 627-648. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e84428