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Aphaenogaster fengbo
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. fengbo |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster fengbo Terayama, 2009
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Nothing is known about the biology of Aphaenogaster fengbo.
Identification
Terayama (2009) - This species has a smooth and shining head and pronotum. It resembles Aphaenogaster tipuna, but is separable from the latter by the long and thin propodeal spines.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan (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
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- fengbo. Aphaenogaster fengbo Terayama, 2009: 166, fig. 207 (w.) TAIWAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 2 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Taiwan: Taidong Pref., Lanhsu I., Hungtou, 8.viii.1981 (K. Wada); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: NIAS.
- Distribution: Taiwan.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Head smooth and shining, with scattered small punctures, 1.26 times as long as wide; posterior margin moderately convex in full face view; CI = 83, CI-II = 79. Clypeus with several longitudinal rugae. SI = 150, SI-II = 143, eye 0.26 mm in maximum diameter. Pronotum smooth and shining; mesonotum smooth and shinging, mesopleuron microreticulate; propodeal spine thin and very long, 3.0 times as long as its basal width. Petiole with a long peduncle; node reverse U-shaped. Postpetiole relatively large, longer than high, with convex dorsal margin in profile.
HL 1.33, HW 1.10, HW-II 1.05, SL 1.50, WL 1.85, Pl 0.60, PH 0.41, DPW 0.26, PPL 0.50, PPH 0.43, PPW 0.34, TL 5.1.
Color. Head dark brown, alitrunk reddish brown, gaster blackish brown, legs brown.
Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Hungtou, Lanshu island, Taidong Pref., 8 viii. 1981, K. Wada leg. Paratypes. 2w, same data as the holotype. NIAES.
Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Fengbo which is the name of a Taiwanese god.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
- Terayama Mamoru. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta, Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
- Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.