Aphaenogaster crocea splendidoides

Aphaenogaster crocea splendidoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species group:	crocea
Species:	A. crocea
Subspecies:	A. crocea splendidoides
Trinomial name
Aphaenogaster crocea splendidoides Forel, 1890

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.358333° to 35.7°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Tunisia.

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.

• splendidoides. Aphaenogaster subterranea var. splendidoides Forel, 1890a: lxx (w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Laverdure, 26.iii.-23.iv.1889 (A. Forel).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1891b: 8; Emery, 1908c: 331.
  • Subspecies of subterranea: Forel, 1902a: 150.
  • Subspecies of crocea: Dalla Torre, 1893: 102; Emery, 1908c: 331; Emery, 1921f: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Cagniant, 1996a: 75 (in text).
  • Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 73, catalogue)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 102, variety of crocea)
• Emery, C. 1908d. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung.) III. Die mit Aphaenogaster verwandte Gattungengruppe. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 305-338 (page 331, variety of crocea)
• Forel, A. 1890b. Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 34:lxi-lxxvi. (page lxx, worker d*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).
• Schifani, E., Costa, S., Mei, M., Alicata, A. 2021. A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta Entomologica, Vol. 53 No. 1 2021) (doi:10.13133/2284-4880/482).

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