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Aphaenogaster geei
| Aphaenogaster geei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. geei |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster geei Wheeler, W.M., 1921
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 30.812927° to 30.812927°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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.
- geei. Aphaenogaster geei Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 535 (w.q.m.) CHINA (Jiangsu, Fujian).
- Type-material: 18 syntype workers, 9 syntype queens, 10 syntype males.
- Type-locality: China: Soochow (N.G. Gee).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 2.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1925f: 83; Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 2; Menozzi, 1930d: 329; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 62; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 112; Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 52; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 39.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, catalogue)
- Huang, Y., Zhong, Y. 2023. Two new species in the ant genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 45(4): 1-9 (doi:10.11680/entomotax.2023039).
- 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).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1921c. Chinese ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64: 529-547 (page 535, worker, queen, male described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1929g. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates 361: 1-11 (page 2, combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Pan Y.S. 2007. Systematic Study on the Ant Genera Pheidole Westwood and Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formincidae : Myrmicinae) In China. Guangxi Normal University, Guangxi, China. 73 pages.
- Santschi F. 1925. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56: 81-96.
- Tang J., Li S., Huang E., Zhang B. and Chen Y. 1995. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). Economic Insect Fauna of China 47: 1-133.
- Wheeler W. M. 1929. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates 361: 1-11.
- Wheeler W. M. 1930. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5: 53-81.
- Wu J. and Wang C. 1995. The ants of China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 214 pp.