Aphaenogaster dromedaria

Aphaenogaster dromedaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. dromedaria
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster dromedaria (Emery, 1900) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Aphaenogaster dromedarius nigra Donisthorpe, 1938 Ischnomyrmex dromedarius fusca Emery, 1900

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -4.066669941° to -9.199999809°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.

Castes

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0280945. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Holotype of Aphaenogaster dromedaria nigra. Worker. Specimen code casent0900422. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Syntype of Aphaenogaster dromedaria. Worker. Specimen code casent0904190. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Syntype of Ischnomyrmex dromedarius fusca. Worker. Specimen code casent0904191. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• dromedaria. Ischnomyrmex dromedarius Emery, 1900c: 322, pl. 8, figs. 23, 24 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Lemien (forest, nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe)) (L. Biró), Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Tamara I. (L. Biró).
  • Type-depositories: HNHM, MSNG.
  • Donisthorpe, 1938b: 32 (m.).
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster: Viehmeyer, 1914d: 601;
  • combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1915d: 71; Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219;
  • combination in Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma): Emery, 1921f: 66.
  • Status as species: Stitz, 1911a: 367; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 516; Emery, 1915d: 71; Emery, 1921f: 66; Donisthorpe, 1938b: 32; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 134; Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 69.
  • Senior synonym of fusca: Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
  • Senior synonym of nigra: Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
• fusca. Ischnomyrmex dromedarius var. fusca Emery, 1900c: 322 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Lemien (forest, nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe)) (L. Biró), Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Tamara I. (L. Biró).
  • Type-depositories: HNHM, MSNG.
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma): Emery, 1921f: 66.
  • Subspecies of dromedaria: Stitz, 1911a: 367; Emery, 1921f: 66; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 134.
  • Junior synonym of dromedaria: Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
• nigra. Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) dromedarius var. nigra Donisthorpe, 1938b: 31 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
  • Type-material: 15 syntype workers.
  • Type-localities: 9 workers Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Mt Nomo, 600-1500 ft, xi.1936 (L.E. Cheesman), 6 workers Irian Jaya, Njau Limon, 300 ft, xi.1936 (L.E. Cheesman).
  • Type-depositories: BMNH, USNM.
  • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Aphaenogaster barbara var. nigra André, 1883b: 355 (Bolton, 1995b: 71).]
  • Subspecies of dromedaria: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 134.
  • Junior synonym of dromedaria: Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 71.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, catalogue)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1938b. Some ants of the subgenus Planimyrma Viehmeyer of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 74: 30-32 (page 32, male described)
• Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetr. Füz. 23: 310-338 (page 322, pl. 8, figs. 23, 24 worker described)
• Emery, C. 1915k. Definizione del genere Aphaenogaster e partizione di esso in sottogeneri. Parapheidole e Novomessor nn. gg. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 19: 67-75 (page 71, combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma))
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 66, combination in Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma))
• Smith, M. R. 1961b. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterol. 1: 213-238 (page 219, senior synonym of fusca and nigra)
• Viehmeyer, H. 1914d. Mayr's Gattung Ischnomyrmex (Hym.) nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten aus anderen Gattungen. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 37: 601-612 (page 601, combination in Aphaenogaster)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• CSIRO Collection
• Donisthorpe H. 1938. Some ants of the subgenus Planimyrma Viehmeyer of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 74: 30-32.
• Emery C. 1900. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 310-338.
• Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
• Room P. M. 1975. Diversity and organization of the ground foraging ant faunas of forest, grassland and tree crops in Papua Nez Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 23: 71-89.
• Room, P.M. 1975. Relative Distributions of Ant Species in Cocoa Plantations in Papua New Guinea Relative Distributions of Ant Species in Cocoa Plantations in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Applied Ecology 12(1):47-61
• Smith M. R. 1961. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterologica 1: 213-238.
• Stitz H. 1911. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 351-381.
• Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
• Viehmeyer H. 1914. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914: 515-535.
• Wilson E. O. 1959. Patchy distributions of ant species in New Guinea rain forests. Psyche (Cambridge) 65: 26-38.
• Wilson E. O. 1959. Some ecological characteristics of ants in New Guinea rain forests. Ecology 40: 437-447.