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Anoplolepis rufescens
| Anoplolepis rufescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Anoplolepis |
| Species: | A. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Anoplolepis rufescens (Santschi, 1917)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -23.29° to -34.00348°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Anoplolepis rufescens. Worker. Specimen code casent0912363. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rufescens. Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis) rufescens Santschi, 1917b: 289 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Cape Town (A. Reichensperger).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925b: 18;
- combination in Anoplolepis (Zealleyella): Santschi, 1926a: 14.
- Status as species: Arnold, 1922: 593; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 934; Emery, 1925b: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 67; Bolton, 2003: 267.
- Distribution: South Africa.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 67, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 18, combination in Anoplolepis)
- Santschi, F. 1917b [1916]. Fourmis nouvelles de la Colonie du Cap, du Natal et de Rhodesia. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 85: 279-296 (page 289, soldier, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 95: 13-28 (page 14, combination in Anoplolepis (Zealleyella))