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Aphaenogaster burri
| Aphaenogaster burri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species group: | uncertain |
| Species: | A. burri |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster burri (Donisthorpe, 1950)
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Schifani et al. (2022) found the identity of this taxon to be uncertain. And Zięcina et al. (2024) note that as Aphaenogaster burri is known only from a sexual form and they could not verify its species group affiliation.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Türkiye (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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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| Holotype of Aphaenogaster burri. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0900459. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- burri. Goniomma burri Donisthorpe, 1950b: 60 (q.) TURKEY.
- Type-material: 3 syntype queens.
- Type-locality: Turkey: Black Sea Coast, Hopa (C. Kosswig).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Combination in Aphaenogaster: Bolton, 1995b: 68.
- Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1060; Bolton, 1995b: 68; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 16; Borowiec, L. 2014: 9.
- Distribution: Turkey.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, combination in Aphaenogaster, new combination, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Donisthorpe, H. 1950b. Two new species of ants from Turkey. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 62: 60-61 (page 60, queen described)
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- 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).
- Zięcina, D., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Bračko, G., Lapeva-Gjonova, A., Vila, R., Salata, S. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici 74(2): 237-282 (doi:10.3161/00034541anz2024.74.2.002).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Donisthorpe, H. "A first instalment of the ants of Turkey." Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)3 (1950): 1057-1067.