Aphaenogaster georgica

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Aphaenogaster georgica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: A. georgica
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster georgica
Arnol'di, 1968

Arnoldi (1968) described Aphaenogaster georgica from Georgia (Dmanisi and Shiraki) and Azerbaijan (Alpout) based on 28 workers and compared this taxon only with Aphaenogaster splendida. In the comments section he noted that A. georgica is similar to Aphaenogaster transcaucasica and that the lack of sexual forms makes it difficult to compare both species. Later he concluded that if A. georgica is a separate taxon perhaps it should maintain a status of a subspecies of A. transcaucasica. All characters noted in the original description overlap with the features observed in the examined syntype of A. transcaucasica, thus A. georgica is probably a junior synonym of this species. Unfortunately, the location of Arnoldi’s collection is unknown and types of A. georgica are probably lost. In this situation we decided to declare A. georgica as a nomen dubium. (Salata et al., 2021)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Azerbaijan, Georgia (type locality).

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.

  • georgica. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) georgica Arnol'di, 1968: 1804 (w.) GEORGIA, AZERBAIJAN.
    • Status as species: Arnol'di, 1976b: 1024 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 70; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 137; Borowiec, L. 2014: 12.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Gratiashvili N., Barjadze S. 2008. Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Tbilisi) 23: 130-146.