Aphaenogaster feae nicobarensis

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Aphaenogaster feae nicobarensis
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

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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.

  • nicobarensis. Stenamma (Ischnomyrmex) feae var. nicobarensis Forel, 1903d: 405 (w.) INDIA (Nicobar Is).
    • 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.

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)