Aphaenogaster fabulosa

Aphaenogaster fabulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. fabulosa
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster fabulosa Arnol'di, 1968 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Turkmenistan (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.

• fabulosa. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) fabulosa Arnol'di, 1968: 1803, fig. 5 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 14 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Turkmenistan: Kopet Dag, vic. Firuza (Mielmi gorge), 7.viii.1935 (L.V. Arnol’di); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: ZMUM (holotype); RASM, ZMUM (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Arnol'di, 1976b: 1025 (in key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 212; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
  • Distribution: Turkmenistan.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1968b. Important additions to the myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR, and descriptions of new forms. Zool. Zh. 4 47: 1800-1822 (page 1803, fig. 5 worker described)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, catalogue)