Aphaenogaster depressa
Aphaenogaster depressa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
Species group: | uncertain |
Species: | A. depressa |
Binomial name | |
Aphaenogaster depressa Bolton, 1995 | |
Synonyms | |
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Schifani et al. (2022) found the identity of this taxon to be uncertain. Zięcina et al. (2024) studied photographs of the type specimen of A. depressa (AntWeb.org, CASENT0900460) which revealed that the species does not belong to the subterranea species group.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 37.066667° to 37.066667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Türkiye (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pergandei. Ceratopheidole perganderi Donisthorpe, 1950d: 639 (w.) TURKEY.
- [Justified emendation of spelling to pergandei: Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1060.]
- Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Turkey: Gaziantep, 25.viii.1949 (C. Kosswig).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- [Junior secondary homonym of pergandei Mayr, 1886d: 448.]
- Combination in Aphaenogaster: Brown, 1981: 529.
- Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1060.
- Replacement name: Aphaenogaster depressa Bolton, 1995b: 69.
- depressa. Aphaenogaster depressa Bolton, 1995b: 69.
- Replacement name for Ceratopheidole pergandei Donisthorpe, 1950d: 639. [Junior secondary homonym of Aphaenogaster pergandei Mayr, 1886d: 448.]
- Status as species: Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 16; Borowiec, L. 2014: 10.
- Distribution: Turkey.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, new name, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Donisthorpe, H. 1950d. Two new species of ants, and a few others from Turkey. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(3): 638-640 (page 639, replacement name for pergandei)
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- Mayr, G. 1886d. Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 419-464 (page 448, junior secondary homonym of pergandei Mayr, now in Messor)
- 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).
- Zięcina, D., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Bračko, G., Lapeva-Gjonova, A., Vila, R., Salata, S. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici 74(2): 237-282 (doi:10.3161/00034541anz2024.74.2.002).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Donisthorpe H. 1950. Two new species of ants, and a few others from Turkey. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)3: 638-640.
- Donisthorpe, H. "A first instalment of the ants of Turkey." Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)3 (1950): 1057-1067.
- Kiran K., and C. Karaman. 2012. First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3548: 1-38.