Aphaenogaster angulata
Aphaenogaster angulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
Species: | A. angulata |
Binomial name | |
Aphaenogaster angulata Viehmeyer, 1922 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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. |
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
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- angulata. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) famelica subsp. angulata Viehmeyer, 1922: 206 (w.) CHINA (Sichuan).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: China: Sichuan, Kwansien, 1914, (Stötzner Expd.) (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Subspecies of famelica: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 62; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 68; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 39 (error).
- Status as species: Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 50.
- Distribution: China.
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)
- Tang, J.; Li, S.; Huang, E.; Zhang, B.; Chen, Y. 1995. Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 47. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 134 pp. (page 50, Raised to species)
- Viehmeyer, H. 1922. Neue Ameisen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)88(7 7: 203-220 (page 206, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Pan Y.S. 2007. Systematic Study on the Ant Genera Pheidole Westwood and Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formincidae : Myrmicinae) In China. Guangxi Normal University, Guangxi, China. 73 pages.