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Aphaenogaster feae nicobarensis
| Aphaenogaster feae nicobarensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. feae |
| Subspecies: | A. feae nicobarensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster feae nicobarensis (Forel, 1903) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Nicobar Island (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.
- nicobarensis. Stenamma (Ischnomyrmex) feae var. nicobarensis Forel, 1903d: 405 (w.) INDIA (Nicobar Is).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: India: Nicobar Is, Great Nicobar I. (no collector’s name) (sent by C.T. Bingham).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1921f: 65.
- Subspecies of feae: Emery, 1921f: 65; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 133; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Mohanraj, et al. 2010: 6; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 33.
- Distribution: India (Nicobar Is).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 71, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 65, combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma))
- Forel, A. 1903f. Les fourmis des îles Andamans et Nicobares. Rapports de cette faune avec ses voisines. Rev. Suisse Zool. 11: 399-411 (page 405, worker described)