Aphaenogaster faureli

Aphaenogaster faureli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species group:	crocea
Species:	A. faureli
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster faureli Cagniant, 1969

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.983333° to 35.133333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

• faureli. Aphaenogaster crocea subsp. faureli Cagniant, 1969a: 232, figs. (w.q.m.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: >75 syntype workers, >12 syntype queens, 23 syntype males.
  • [Note: 60 workers, 12 queens and 23 males are referred to as syntypes, while >15 workers, “several” queens and “several” males are referred to as paratypes, but no holotype is designated. All specimens are regarded as syntypes here.]
  • Type-localities: 60 workers, 12 queens, 23 males Algeria: Aurès Mts, Djebel Innoumar, Pin d’Alep forest of Beni-Imboul, 22 km. SSW Bou-Hammama, 40 km. SW Khenchla, 1250 m., 13.vi.1967 (H. Cagniant), 15 workers Djebel Boutchaout, 18 km. SSW Bou-Hammama, 1400 m., 13.vi.1967 (H. Cagniant), “several” workers, queens Aurès, Djebel Titouguelt, 10 km. SW Batna, 1350 m., 15.vi.1967 (H. Cagniant), “several” workers Aurès, Djebel Chenntouf, 15 km. SW Batna, 1300 m., 16.vi.1967 (H. Cagniant).
  • Type-depository: not stated (probably HCPC, MNHN).
  • Status as species: Cagniant, 1970a: 414; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Cagniant, 1996a: 75 (in text); Borowiec, L. 2014: 11.
  • Distribution: Algeria.

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. 1969a [1968]. Description d'Aphaenogaster crocea faureli n. subsp. d'Algérie (Hym. Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 73: 232-235. (page 232, figs. worker, queen, male described)
• Cagniant, H. 1970a [1969]. Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (1re partie). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 105: 405-430 (page 414, raised to species)

• 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).
• Schifani, E., Costa, S., Mei, M., Alicata, A. 2021. A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta Entomologica, Vol. 53 No. 1 2021) (doi:10.13133/2284-4880/482).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.