Aphaenogaster curiosa
Aphaenogaster curiosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
Species group: | testaceopilosa |
Species: | A. curiosa |
Binomial name | |
Aphaenogaster curiosa Santschi, 1933 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.784722° to 31.133333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- curiosa. Aphaenogaster (Aphaenogaster) gemella var. curiosa Santschi, 1933c: 403, figs. 7, 28 (m.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Morocco: Great Atlas, Haute Reraya (Ch. Alluaud).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Cagniant, 1990c: 461, 465 (w.q.).
- Status as species: Cagniant, 1990c: 461 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 69; Cagniant, 1996a: 80; Cagniant, 1996c: 244; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 10.
- Senior synonym of tingitana: Cagniant, 1990c: 461.
- Distribution: Morocco.
- tingitana. Aphaenogaster gemella var. tingitana Santschi, 1933c: 402, figs. 19, 27 (w.q.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Morocco: Tangier (Herzen).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of gemella: Santschi, 1936c: 199.
- Junior synonym of marocana: Cagniant, 1990a: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 73 (error).
- Junior synonym of curiosa: Cagniant, 1990c: 461.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H. 1990c. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Révision de l'espèce Aphaenogaster curiosa Santschi (n. status) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Afr. Zool. 104: 457-475 (page 461, 465, worker described, queen described)
- Cagniant, H. 1990c. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Révision de l'espèce Aphaenogaster curiosa Santschi (n. status) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Afr. Zool. 104: 457-475 (page 461, raised to species)
- Santschi, F. 1933d. Étude sur le sous-genre Aphaenogaster Mayr. Rev. Suisse Zool. 40: 389-408 (page 403, figs. 7, 28 male described)
- 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).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Révision de l'espèce Aphaenogaster curiosa Santschi (n. status) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Journal of African Zoology 104 (1990): 457-475.
- Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Santschi, F. "Étude sur le sous-genre Aphaenogaster Mayr." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 40 (1933): 389-408.