Aphaenogaster afra
Aphaenogaster afra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
Species group: | testaceopilosa |
Species: | A. afra |
Binomial name | |
Aphaenogaster afra Santschi, 1933 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.7° to 32.75°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Morocco.
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- afra. Aphaenogaster (Aphaenogaster) depilis var. afra Santschi, 1933c: 395, fig. 32 (w.m.) ALGERIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Algeria: Mascara (A. Cros).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of depilis: Cagniant, 1968a: 142; Cagniant, 1970a: 415; Bolton, 1995b: 68.
- Status as species: Cagniant, 2006a: 196.
- Distribution: Algeria, Morocco.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, catalogue)
- Cagniant, H. 1968a. Liste préliminaire de fourmis forestières d'Algérie. Résultats obtenus de 1963 à 1966. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 104: 138-147 (page 142, Subspecies of depilis)
- Cagniant, H. 2006a. Liste actualisée des fourmis du Maroc. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 193-200.
- Santschi, F. 1933d. Étude sur le sous-genre Aphaenogaster Mayr. Rev. Suisse Zool. 40: 389-408 (page 395, fig. 32 worker, male described)
- Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Fisher, B.L., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Oueslati, W., Salata, S., Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80, 627–648 (doi:10.3897/asp.80.e84428).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cagniant H., and A. Ledoux. 1974. Nouvelle description d'Aphaenogaster senilis sur des exemplaires de la région de Banyuls-sur-Mer (P.-O.), France. Vie et Milieu. Série C. Biologie Terrestre 24: 97-110.
- Cagniant H., and C. Galkowski. 2013. Aphaenogaster koniari n. sp. du Maroc (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux (n.s.) 41: 175-185.
- Cagniant, H. 1968. Liste preliminaire de fourmis forestieres d'Algerie. Resultats obtenus de 1963 a 1964. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104: 138-147
- Cagniant, H. 2006. Liste actualisée des fourmis du Maroc. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 193-200.
- Cagniant, H. "Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (1re partie)." Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 105 (1970): 405-430.
- Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
- Santschi, F. "Étude sur le sous-genre Aphaenogaster Mayr." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 40 (1933): 389-408.