Aphaenogaster beccarii

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Aphaenogaster beccarii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: A. beccarii
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster beccarii
Emery, 1887

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 30.75° to -0.39°.

   
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).
Oriental Region: India, Nicobar Island, Sri Lanka.
Palaearctic Region: China.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • beccarii. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) beccarii Emery, 1887b: 456, pl. 1, fig. 12 (w.m.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Elefanta I. (O. Beccari).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Imai, et al. 1984: 6 (k.).
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1915d: 71.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1888a: 532 (footnote key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 100; Forel, 1903a: 694; Bingham, 1903: 271; Emery, 1915d: 71; Emery, 1921f: 64; Mukerjee & Ribeiro, 1925: 207; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 133; Bolton, 1995b: 68; Tang, J., Li, et al., 1995: 51; Tiwari, 1999: 37; Zhou, 2001b: 147; Zhang, W. & Zheng, 2002: 219; Mohanraj, et al. 2010: 6; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 39; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 33; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 60.
    • Distribution: China, India (+ Andaman Is), Indonesia (Sumatra), Sri Lanka.

Description

Karyotype

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  • 2n = 30; 46 (India; Malaysia) (Imai et al., 1983; Imai et al., 1984).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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