Aphaenogaster baronii
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| Aphaenogaster baronii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. baronii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster baronii Cagniant, 1988
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Fungi
This species is a host for the fungus Aegeritella maroccana (a pathogen) (Espadaler & Santamaria, 2012).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- baronii. Aphaenogaster baronii Cagniant, 1988c: 43, figs. 1-5 (w.q.m.) 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. 1988c. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines: Aphaenogaster baronii n. sp. (Hyménoptères, Formicoidea, Myrmicidae). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 124: 43-50 PDF (page 43, figs. 1-5 worker, queen, male described)
- Espadaler, X., Santamaria, S. 2012. Ecto- and Endoparasitic Fungi on Ants from the Holarctic Region. Psyche Article ID 168478, 10 pages (doi:10.1155/2012/168478).
