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Aphaenogaster georgica
| Aphaenogaster georgica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. georgica |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster georgica Arnol'di, 1968 | |
Arnoldi (1968) described Aphaenogaster georgica from Georgia (Dmanisi and Shiraki) and Azerbaijan (Alpout) based on 28 workers and compared this taxon only with Aphaenogaster splendida. In the comments section he noted that A. georgica is similar to Aphaenogaster transcaucasica and that the lack of sexual forms makes it difficult to compare both species. Later he concluded that if A. georgica is a separate taxon perhaps it should maintain a status of a subspecies of A. transcaucasica. All characters noted in the original description overlap with the features observed in the examined syntype of A. transcaucasica, thus A. georgica is probably a junior synonym of this species. Unfortunately, the location of Arnoldi’s collection is unknown and types of A. georgica are probably lost. In this situation we decided to declare A. georgica as a nomen dubium. (Salata et al., 2021)
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Azerbaijan, Georgia (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.
- georgica. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) georgica Arnol'di, 1968: 1804 (w.) GEORGIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 15 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Georgia: Dmanisi, 29.v.1966 (Ya. Dzhambazishvili); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: ZMUM (holotype); RASM, ZMUM (paratypes).
- [Note: Arnol’di also mentions workers from Georgia: Shiraki (T.I. Zhizhilashvili), and 10 workers from Azerbaijan: Alpout (G.M. Dlussky); it is not obvious if these should also be regarded as paratypes.]
- Status as species: Arnol'di, 1976b: 1024 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 70; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 137; Borowiec, L. 2014: 12; Salata, Karaman, et al. 2021: 340 (nomen dubium).
- Distribution: Azerbaijan, Georgia.
Description
References
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1968b. Important additions to the myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR, and descriptions of new forms. Zool. Zh. 4 47: 1800-1822 (page 1804, worker described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 70, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Salata, S., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Borowiec, L. 2021. Review of the Aphaenogaster splendida species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici 71 (doi:10.3161/00034541anz2021.71.2.008).
- Snegovaya, N., Shigayev, C. 2021. A checklist of the ants (Insecta, Formicidae) of Azerbaijan Republic. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 17(2): 179-207 (doi:10.22067/ijab.2022.67343.1000).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Gratiashvili N., Barjadze S. 2008. Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Tbilisi) 23: 130-146.