occurrenceID	taxonID	catalogNumber	collectionCode	institutionCode	typeStatus	verbatimLabel	sex	individualCount	eventDate	recordedBy	recordNumber	decimalLatitude	decimalLongitude	minimumElevationInMeters	maximumElevationInMeters	minimumDepthInMeters	maximumDepthInMeters	country	stateProvince	municipality	locality	references	associatedOccurrences	associatedReferences	associatedSequences	basisOfRecord
0C5187D9873DF157FDE59FCFFAEC0E5D.mc.34903C92873EF150FF569883FEFA0B6A	0C5187D9873DF157FDE59FCFFAEC0E5D.taxon			MSNV, NHMW, MSNM	holotype	We investigated 56 colony samples from 23 localities, consisting in a total of 212 ☿☿, 8 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ from our collections, one colony under rearing in our possession, holotype queen and paratype workers from the MSNV and NHMW collections, and additional non-type workers from the personal collections of David Misfud and Stephen Schembri and from the MSNM. A detailed list is provided in the Supp. file 1: Table S 1.	queens	222														https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D9873DF157FDE59FCFFAEC0E5D#34903C92873EF150FF569883FEFA0B6A				MaterialCitation
0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.mc.34903C92873AF154FF019AC8FB7F0D04	0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.taxon			MSNG	holotype	Holotype ITALY • ☿; Vendicari; 36.7814 ° N, 15.0894 ° E; 21 Sep. 2019; A. Alicata leg.; MSNG.	worker	1	2019-09-21	A. Alicata		36.7814	15.0894					Italy			Vendicari	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D#34903C92873AF154FF019AC8FB7F0D04				MaterialCitation
0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.mc.34903C92873AF154FF019D6CFCBD0DA0	0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.taxon			MSNG	paratype	Paratypes (7 ☿☿, 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂) ITALY • 1 ☿; same collection data as for holotype; MSNG	worker	13	2019-09-21	A. Alicata		36.7814	15.0894					Italy			ITALY	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D#34903C92873AF154FF019D6CFCBD0DA0				MaterialCitation
0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.mc.34903C92873AF154FC6D9D41FCDD0D8C	0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.taxon			MSNG		2 ♂♂; Isola di Capo Passero; 36.6872 ° N, 15.1493 ° E; 10 Jul. 1997; A. Alicata leg.; MSNG	male	2	1997-07-10	A. Alicata		36.6872	15.1493					Italy			Isola di Capo Passero	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D#34903C92873AF154FC6D9D41FCDD0D8C				MaterialCitation
0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.mc.34903C92873AF154FCC39DA6FCE10DEF	0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.taxon			MSNG		6 ☿☿; Pineta di Vittoria; 36.8879 ° N, 14.4828 ° E; 30 Mar. 2001; A. Alicata and A. Adorno leg.; MSNG	worker	6	2001-03-30	A. Alicata & A. Adorno		36.8879	14.4828					Italy			Pineta di Vittoria	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D#34903C92873AF154FCC39DA6FCE10DEF				MaterialCitation
0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.mc.34903C92873AF154FCA09D9AFC120DCA	0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.taxon			MSNG		1 ♀ (damaged); Pineta di Vittoria; 36.8927 ° N, 14.4745 ° N; 25 Mar. 2019; A. Alicata and E. Schifani leg.; MSNG	female	1	2019-03-25	A. Alicata & E. Schifani		14.4745						Italy			Pineta di Vittoria	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D#34903C92873AF154FCA09D9AFC120DCA				MaterialCitation
0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.mc.34903C92873AF154FC309DFFFD670C35	0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D.taxon			MSNG		1 ♂, 1 ♀; Bosco di S. Pietro; 2 Jun. 2019; A. Alicata and S. Csősz leg.; MSNG	male	2	2019-06-02	A. Alicata & S. Csosz								Italy		Bosco di S. Pietro	Bosco di S. Pietro	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D9873AF14BFE269823FD100F6D#34903C92873AF154FC309DFFFD670C35				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20.mc.34903C928726F148FF019B76FB1F0BBF	0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20.taxon			MSNG	holotype	Holotype ITALY • ☿; Monte Arso; 37.7564 ° N, 14.9103 ° E, 14 Aug. 1992; A. Alicata leg.; MSNG.	queen	1	1992-08-14	A. Alicata		37.7564	14.9103					Italy		Monte Arso	Monte Arso	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20#34903C928726F148FF019B76FB1F0BBF				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20.mc.34903C928726F148FF019BE9FC480BDB	0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20.taxon			MSNG	paratype	Paratypes (30 ☿☿, 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂) ITALY • 8 ☿☿, 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; MSNG	worker	9	1992-08-14	A. Alicata		37.7564	14.9103					Italy		Monte Arso	ITALY	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20#34903C928726F148FF019BE9FC480BDB				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20.mc.34903C928726F148FC459BCEFCD60A07	0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20.taxon			MSNG		17 ☿☿, 1 ♂; Monte Ruvolo; 37.7514 ° N, 14.8907 ° E; 18 Aug. 1992; A. Alicata leg.; MSNG	queens	18	1992-08-18	A. Alicata		37.7514	14.8907					Italy			Monte Ruvolo	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20#34903C928726F148FC459BCEFCD60A07				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20.mc.34903C928726F148FCF59A23FDA80A62	0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20.taxon			MSNG		5 ☿☿, 1 ♀; Monte Manfrè; 37.6735 ° N, 14.9814 ° E; 24 May 1992; A. Alicata leg.; MSNG	queens	6	1992-05-24	A. Alicata		37.6735	14.9814					Italy			Monte Manfre	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98725F14FFE3A9F5BFEE30C20#34903C928726F148FCF59A23FDA80A62				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.mc.34903C928722F14CFF01981CFACB0850	0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.taxon			MSNG	holotype	Holotype ITALY • 1 ☿; Monte Pellegrino; 38.1866 ° N, 13.3539 ° E; 9 Oct. 2016; R. Viviano leg.; MSNG.	worker	1	2016-10-09	R. Viviano		38.1866	13.3539					Italy			Monte Pellegrino	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC#34903C928722F14CFF01981CFACB0850				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.mc.34903C928722F14CFF0198B7FCA508FD	0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.taxon			MSNG	paratype	Paratypes (30 ☿☿, 2 ♀♀) ITALY • 10 ☿☿; same collection data as for holotype; MSNG	worker	10	2016-10-09	Viviano		38.1866	13.3539					Italy			ITALY	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC#34903C928722F14CFF0198B7FCA508FD				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.mc.34903C928722F14CFC629894FC9108D8	0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.taxon			MSNG		10 ☿☿, 1 ♂; Monte Pellegrino; 38.1580 ° N, 13.3664 ° E; 15 Mar. 2016; R. Viviano leg.; MSNG	worker	11	2016-03-15	R. Viviano		38.158	13.3664					Italy			Monte Pellegrino	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC#34903C928722F14CFC629894FC9108D8				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.mc.34903C928722F14CFC8F98C9FCC30B3B	0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.taxon			MSNG		5 ☿☿, 1 ♀; Monte Pellegrino; 38.1641 ° N, 13.3466 ° E; 20 May 2016; R. Viviano leg.; MSNG	worker	6	2016-05-20	R. Viviano		38.1641	13.3466					Italy			Monte Pellegrino	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC#34903C928722F14CFC8F98C9FCC30B3B				MaterialCitation
0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.mc.34903C928722F14CFCC09B2EFDA50B67	0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC.taxon			MSNG		5 ☿☿; Monte Pellegrino, 38.1558 ° N, 13.3544 ° E; 6 May 2018; R. Viviano leg.; MSNG	worker	5	2018-05-06	R. Viviano		38.1558	13.3544					Italy			Monte Pellegrino	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C5187D98721F146FE2F9C00FE9408BC#34903C928722F14CFCC09B2EFDA50B67				MaterialCitation
