Aphaenogaster brevicollis

Aphaenogaster brevicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. brevicollis
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster brevicollis Forel, 1899

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 8.808° to 8.808°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Panama (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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• brevicollis. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) phalangium var. brevicollis Forel, 1899c: 59 (w.m.) PANAMA.
  • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Mackay & Dash, 2016: 7), 1 paralectotype worker, 1 paralectotype male.
  • Type-locality: lectotype Panama: Volcán de Chiriqui (Champion); paralectotypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1921f: 65.
  • Subspecies of phalangium: Emery, 1921f: 65; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 68.
  • Junior synonym of araneoides: Longino & Cover, 2004: 9.
  • Status as species: Mackay & Dash, 2016: 6; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 222 (redescription).
  • Distribution: Panama.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 65, combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma))
• Forel, A. 1899e. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 57-80 (page 59, worker, male described; Aphaenogaster)
• Longino, J. T. and Cover, S. 2004. A revision of the Aphaenogaster phalangium complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 655: 1-12 (page 9, junior synonym of araneoides)
• Mackay, W.P., Dash, S.T. 2016. A revision of the phalangium species complex of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 142: 1-22.