Aphaenogaster dejeani

Aphaenogaster dejeani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species group:	testaceopilosa
Species:	A. dejeani
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster dejeani Cagniant, 1982

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° to 30.4°.

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.

• dejeani. Aphaenogaster dejeani Cagniant, 1982: 281, figs. 1, 2 (w.m.) MOROCCO.
  • Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 2 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Morocco: Agadir (A. Dejean).
  • Type-depository: MNHN (perhaps also HCPC).
  • Cagniant, 1992a: 67 (q.).
  • Status as species: Cagniant, 1992a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Cagniant, 1996a: 80; Cagniant, 1996c: 244; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 10.
  • Distribution: Morocco.

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. 1982. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Aphaenogaster dejeani, n. sp. (Hyménoptères, Formicoïdea, Myrmicidae). Nouv. Rev. Entomol. 12: 281-286. (page 281, figs. 1, 2 worker, male described)

• Cagniant, H. 1992c. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Description des trois castes d'Aphaenogaster dejeani Cagniant, 1982 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. Evol. Zool. 117: 65-73. (page 67, queen described)

• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• 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. Camponotus hölldobleri n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France Évolution et Zoologie 116 (1991): 37-48.
• Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Description des trois castes d'Aphaenogaster dejeani Cagniant, 1982 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France Évolution et Zoologie 117 (1992): 65-73.
• Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.