Aphaenogaster hunanensis
Aphaenogaster hunanensis | |
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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. |
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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.
- 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
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.