Aphaenogaster cavernicola

Aphaenogaster cavernicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. cavernicola
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster cavernicola Donisthorpe, 1938 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

• cavernicola. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) cavernicola Donisthorpe, 1938e: 500 (w.) INDIA (Himachal Pradesh).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: India: Simla, Naldera Cave, x.1937 (E.A. Glennie).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 68; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 33.
  • Distribution: India.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, catalogue)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1938h. New species of ants and a new subgenus of Dolichoderus from various localities. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(2): 498-504 (page 500, worker described)