Aphaenogaster curiosa

Aphaenogaster curiosa
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 Specimen Labels

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.

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.

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.