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Aphaenogaster erabu
| Aphaenogaster erabu | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. erabu |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster erabu Nishizono & Yamane, 1990 | |
| Common Name | |
|---|---|
| Erabusi-ashinaga-ari | |
| Language: | Japanese |
Aphaenogaster erabu nests underground in forests. Workers turn their gasters downwards while foraging (Japanese Ant Image Database).
Identification
Aphaenogaster erabu is distinguished from Aphaenogaster famelica by its yellowish brown body color and elongate propodeal spines, and by the downwards turning of the gasters in foraging workers (Japanese Ant Image Database).
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan (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.
- erabu. Aphaenogaster famelica subsp. erabu Nishizono & Yamane, 1990: 29, figs. 1, 2, 5 (w.q.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 149 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
- Type-locality: holotype Japan: Ryukyu Is, Kuchinoerabu-jima (Osumi Is), 21.vii.1989 (Sk. Yamane); paratypes: 7 workers Honmura, 18.v.1989, 2 workers, Honmura, 17.v.1989, 5 workers Honmura, 19.vii.1989, 22 workers Honmura, 20.vii.1989, 110 workers, 1 queen Shin-dake, 21.vii.1989, 3 workers Naka-no-shima (Tokara Is), 20-23.v.1988.
- Type-depositories: not stated (only “HW”, and “SKY” quoted; perhaps KUIC, SKYC).
- Subspecies of famelica: Ogata, 1991b: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
- Status as species: Watanabe & Yamane, 1999: 734; Imai, et al. 2003: 177.
- Distribution: Japan.
Description
References
- Imai, H.T., Kihara, A., Kondoh, M., Kubota, M., Kuribayashi, S., Ogata, K., Onoyama, K., Taylor, R.W., Terayama, M., Yoshimura, M., Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. 224 pp, Gakken, Japan.
- Watanabe, H.; Yamane, S. 1999. New species and new status in the genus Aphaenogaster (Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. In: Identification Guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands. Pp. 728-736 in: Yamane, S.; Ikudome, S.; Terayama, M. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fukumoto S., Jaitrong W. and Yamane S.K. 2013. Ant Fauna of Kuro-shima, Iwo-jima and Take-shima islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima 39: 119-125
- Fukumoto S., W. Jaitrong, and S. Yamane. 2013. Ant fauna of Take-shima, Iwo-jima and Kuro-shima islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Nature of Kagoshima 39: 99-105.
- Nishizono, Y.; Yamane, S. 1990. The genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Kagoshima-ken, southern Japan. [In Japanese.]. Reports of the Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University (Earth Sciences and Biology) 23:23-40.
- Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
- Watanabe H., and S. Yamane. 1999. New species and new status in the genus Aphaenogaster (Formicidae) from Japan. Pp. 728-736 in: Yamane, S.; Ikudome, S.; Terayama, M. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp.
- Yamane S., S. Ikudome, and M. Terayama. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp, 138-317.
- Yamane S., Y. Harada, and K. Eguchi. 2013. Classification and ecology of ants. Natural history of ants in Southern Kyushu. 200 pages
- Yamane, S.; Iwai, T.; Watanabe, H.; Yamanouchi, Y. 1994. Ant fauna of the Tokara Islands, northern Ryukyus, Japan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature) Japan Science Report 2(2):311-327.