Males of Aphaenogaster ichnusa (on the left, sample from Monte Petroso, Sicily) and of A. subterranea (on the right, sample from Parma, Italian peninsula). Cropped images highlight the differences in the shape of the propodeum.

 
 
  Part of: Schifani E, Alicata A, Borowiec L, García F, Gentile V, Gómez K, Nalini E, Rigato F, Schär S, Scupola A, Vila R, Menchetti M (2023) Unrecognized for centuries: distribution and sexual caste descriptions of the West European Aphaenogaster species of the subterranea group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1153: 141-156. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1153.98297