Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) syriaca (Emery)

Iran list Type location Lebanon (Aphaenogaster gibbosa syriaca n., Emery, 1908c: 335, worker; raised to species Emery, 1915a: 258) - see below
junior synonym syria (Aphaenogaster Schmitzi var. syria n. var., Forel, 1910a: 12, worker, synonymy Emery, 1921f: 60), type location Syria, Houtaife, Gadeau de Kerville) - not on Antweb (June 2014).
subspecies schmitzi (Aphaenogaster Schmitzi n. sp., Forel, 1910a: 10, worker), type location Israel, Jerusalem, Schmitz - see below.

Note: Emery's (1921f) listing, under subgenus Attomyrna, appears to regard syria as a synonym but schmitzi as a variety.

Emery's (1908c) description is at Forel's (1910a) description of schmitizi and its variety syria is at

Reported from Palestine by Menozzi (1933b: 50), var. schmitzi, several workers from under a stone at Djenin; collector Dr F S Bodenheimer, 1922-1928.

The photomontage of a worker from the type collection is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904176

The photomontage of a syntype worker of schmitzi is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0900458

Oxford University Museum specimens

Aphaenogaster syriaca B Taylor det.	Iran M Ghatei 36	18.viii.2014 37.12°N 50.13°E 135 m	SBame Sabz, Lahijan, Guilan hand collected foothill, on ground 1100h	1
Aphaenogaster syriaca B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 18	18.vii.2014 37°1669 N 50°1536 E 21 m	Langarud hand collected city, street, 1430h	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, collector M Ghatei (36).

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, collector F Borjali (18).