Aphaenogaster hunanensis

Aphaenogaster hunanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. hunanensis
Binomial name
	Aphaenogaster hunanensis; Wu, J. & Wang, C., 1992

Identification

Distribution

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

hunanensis. Aphaenogaster hunanensis Wu, J. & Wang, 1992: 1304, 1319, fig. 4575 (w.q.) CHINA (Hunan).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 6 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Hunan Prov., Jianghua Seed Garden of Chinese fir, 6.vi.1978 (S. Yin); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: CAFB.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 70; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 111; Zhou, 2001b: 143; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 39.
- Distribution: China.

Description

References

Wu, J. & Wang, C. 1992. Formicidae (pp. 1301-1320). In Peng, J. et al. Iconography of Forest Insects in Hunan, China. Forest Bureau of Hunan Province: 1473 pp. Hunan Scientific and Technical Publishing House.

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.
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.
Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp.