Aphaenogaster (Aphaenogaster) gibbosa (Latreille)

Iran list Type location France (Formica gibbosa Latr.) Brive, under stones; no type images on Antweb (April, 2016)
junior synonyms
striola (Atta striola Roger, 1859: 252, worker & male; synonymy by Emery, 1869b: 17, queen) type location Spain; no type images on Antweb (April 2016)
barcinensis (Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa var. barcinensis, Menozzi, 1922b: 325; worker & queen; synonymy by Collingwood, 1978: 67) type location Spain; no type images on Antweb (April 2016)
laevior (Aphaenogaster striola var laevior, Forel 1892G; 453, worker) type location Spain; see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0907684
chorassanica (Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa subsp. chorassanica, Arnol'di, 1968: 1805, all forms; synonymy by Dlussky, Sotunov & Zabelin, 1990: 212) type location Turkmenia; no type images on Antweb (April 2016)
muschtadica (Aphaenogaster  subterranea gibbosa muschtadica,  Ruzky, 1905b: 719; Aphaenogaster gibbosa subsp muschtadica, Emery, 1908b: 334) type location Russia; no type images on Antweb (April 2016)
subspecies
fiorii (Aphaenogaster gibbosa subsp fiorii, Emery, 1915a: 258, worketr) type location Italy, https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904175
homonyma (Aphaenogaster gibbosa subsp homonyma Emery, 1921f: 58, worker) type location Tunisia; see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904172

Latreille's (1798) description is at Bondroit's (1910) description is at

The photomontage of the laevior type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907684.
The subspecies homonyma appears almost identical to laevior but fiorii is yellow-brown and with much reduced sculpture on head and alitrunk.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Aphaenogaster gibbosa B Taylor det.	Iran M Ghatei 35	22.vi.2014 37.98°N 49.24°E 58 m	Shaft, Guilan hand collected park, under soil 0935h	1
Aphaenogaster gibbosa B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 17	17.vii.2014 37°1297 N 49°5842 E 9 m	Lahijan hand collected field, on ground, 1115h	1
Aphaenogaster gibbosa B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 19	6.ix.2014 36°9736 N 50°5700 E 216 m	Chaboksar hand collected forest, on soil, 1045h	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, collector M Ghatei (35).

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, collector F Borjali (12).