Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) splendida (Roger)

Type location Greece (Atta splendida, Roger, 1859: 257, worker [page unavailable in HNS]; Emery, 1869b: 17, queen; Emery, 1908c: 325, illustrated, male); subspecies rugosoferruginea (Forel, 1889: 260, worker), type location Greece, and, transcaucasica (Karavaiev, 1926b: 97, worker & queen; ssp Arnold'i, 1948: 211) from Transcaucasia.

Andr&eactue; (1881-6: 348ff) gave a description, in his key, an illustration; these are at Emery's (1908c) description, with rugosoferruginea, is at Bondroit (1918: 160) had a description, with illustration of a male from France, this is at

Egypt records - Santschi (1938a: 37), worker from Cairo, 12.vii.1916, collector Alfieri.
Sharaf list - Material examined: Cairo, 9.x.1953 (2); Cairo, 8.xi.1953 (1); Cairo, 2.i.1953 (1); Burg-El-Arab (Alexandria), 18.iv.1953 (1); Wadi El-Talaa, St.Catherine (South Sinai), 19.ii.1999 (1), Leg.M.R.Sharaf; Wadi El-Arbaein, St.Catherine (South Sinai), 11.viii.1998 (1), Leg.M.R.Sharaf [this specimen, shown in the drawing was originally thought to be A. philippsi]; (ASUC). Cairo, 12.vii.1916, Storey (2 workers); Zamalek, xii.1951, Prisner (2 workers) (CUC).

The Mohamad thesis (1979) had Cairo,12.vii.1916, 2.ix.1951 (Coll.Alf.) Cairo, 2.i.,9.x., 8.xi., 21.xi.1953; Burg El-Arab (Alexandria),18.iv.1953; 20.viii.1955 (Coll.Ain.) Cairo,12.vii.1916; Cairo, xi.1951 (Coll.Car.) Kom Osheim (Fayium), 28.ii.1975; Alexandria, 27.iii.1957; Cairo, 1, 29.iv.1975; Heliopolis (Cairo), 22.vi.1975; Siwa oasis (Western desert), 13.iv.1976 (Coll.Ain.)

The photomontage is collated from photographs taken By Mostaf Sharaf.