Aphaenogaster caeciliae

Aphaenogaster caeciliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. caeciliae
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster caeciliae Viehmeyer, 1922 Specimen Labels

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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• caeciliae. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) caeciliae Viehmeyer, 1922: 206 (w.) CHINA (Sichuan).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: China: Sichuan, Kwansien, 1914, (Stötzner Expd.) (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also SMTD).
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 62; Eidmann, 1941: 16; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 68; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 114; Zhang, W. & Zheng, 2002: 219; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 39.
  • Distribution: China.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, catalogue)
• Viehmeyer, H. 1922. Neue Ameisen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)88(7 7: 203-220 (page 206, worker described)