Aphaenogaster faureli

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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

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.983333° to 35.133333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • 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.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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