Aphaenogaster feae

Aphaenogaster feae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. feae
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster feae Emery, 1889 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Aphaenogaster feae imbellis Emery, 1900 Aphaenogaster feae nicobarensis Forel, 1903

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.812778° to 21.85822222°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines.
Oriental Region: India, Myanmar (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

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

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  Liu, C. et al. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains, Figure 56, Aphaenogaster feae.

Nomenclature

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

• feae. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) feae Emery, 1889b: 503, pl. 11, fig. 26 (w.) MYANMAR.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Myanmar (“Burma”): Tenasserim, Thagata, 1885-87 (L. Fea).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1927b: 43 (q.m.).
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1915d: 71.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 102; Emery, 1895k: 470; Forel, 1903a: 694; Bingham, 1903: 273; Emery, 1915d: 71; Santschi, 1920h: 167; Emery, 1921f: 65; Santschi, 1924c: 106; Wheeler, W.M. 1927b: 43; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 133; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Zhou, 2001b: 147; Mohanraj, et al. 2010: 6; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 39; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 33.
  • Distribution: China, India (+ Andaman Is), Myanmar.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus imbellis, nicobarensis.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, catalogue)
• Dendup, K.C., Dorji, C., Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H., Pfeiffer, M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of ants from Bhutan. Asian Myrmecology 14, e014005 (doi:10.20362/am.014005).
• Emery, C. 1889c. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 27[=(2)(7): 485-512 (page 503, pl. 11, fig. 26 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)
• General, D.E.M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Mt. Pantaron Range, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Halteres, 12:4-14 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5371745).
• Heterick, B.E., Kitching, R.L. 2022. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 158(4), 261–272 (doi:10.31184/m00138908.1584.4153).
• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
• Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1927b. Burmese ants collected by Professor G. E. Gates. Psyche (Camb.) 34: 42-46 (page 43, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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• Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
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• Santschi F. 1920. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 60: 158-176.
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