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Aphaenogaster inermis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. inermis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster inermis Forel, 1899
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.97303° to 10.97°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica (type locality), Nicaragua, Panama (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.
- inermis. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) araneoides var. inermis Forel, 1899c: 60 (w.m.) COSTA RICA, PANAMA.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Mackay & Dash, 2016: 8), 5 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype males.
- Type-locality: lectotype Costa Rica: (no further data) (Tonduz); paralectotypes with same data.
- [Notes (i): other original syntype locality: Panama: Bugaba (Champion) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 23; no lectotype designated); (ii) there is inconsistency here as Forel, 1899c: 60, states that the Costa Rica sample contained only workers, while the Panama sample was of workers and males. Therefore the males designated as paralectotypes could not originate in Costa Rica, and both localities must be represented in the lectotype/paralectotype series.]
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953b: 64 (l.).
- Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Kempf, 1972a: 23.
- Subspecies of araneoides: Santschi, 1931c: 271; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 70.
- Junior synonym of phalangium: Longino & Cover, 2004: 10.
- Status as species: Mackay & Dash, 2016: 7; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 275 (redescription); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 799.
- Senior synonym of canalis: Mackay & Dash, 2016: 7; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 275.
- Senior synonym of nitidiventris: Mackay & Dash, 2016: 7; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 275.
- Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.
- canalis. Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) araneoides var. canalis Enzmann, J. 1947b: 149, pl. 8 (w.) PANAMA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated, “a number”).
- Type-locality: holotype Panama: Chiriqui, no. 13 (no collector’s name), paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: unknown.
- [Note: Enzmann records that the holotype is “in my collection” (depositories of paratypes not mentioned); whereabouts unknown, presumed lost.]
- Subspecies of araneoides: Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 68.
- Junior synonym of phalangium: Longino & Cover, 2004: 10.
- Junior synonym of inermis: Mackay & Dash, 2016: 7; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 275.
- nitidiventris. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) araneoides var. nitidiventris Forel, 1912g: 15 (w.m.) COSTA RICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Costa Rica: Cañas Gudas (H. Pittier).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Kempf, 1972a: 23.
- Subspecies of araneoides: Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 71.
- Junior synonym of phalangium: Longino & Cover, 2004: 10.
- Junior synonym of inermis: Mackay & Dash, 2016: 7; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 275.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 70, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1899e. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 57-80 (page 60, worker, male described)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 23, combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma))
- Longino, J. T. and Cover, S. 2004. A revision of the Aphaenogaster phalangium complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 655: 1-12 (page 6, junior synonym of phalangium)
- Mackay, W.P., Dash, S.T. 2016. A revision of the phalangium species complex of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 142: 1-22.
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1953b. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Pheidolini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 55: 49-84 (page 64, larva described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Mackay W., and S. T. Dash. 2016. A revision of the phalangium species complex of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Transactions American Entomological Society 142: 1-22.