Aphaenogaster kervillei
Aphaenogaster kervillei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
Species group: | splendida |
Species: | A. kervillei |
Binomial name | |
Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910 |
Nothing is known regarding the biology of this species.
Identification
Salata et al. (2021) - A very distinct species. Its elongated head with longitudinal sculpture limited to anterior half of the head groups this species with Aphaenogaster hamaensis and Aphaenogaster vohraliki. Both relatives differ in more distinctly converging posterad head with almost straight sides behind eyes, while in A. kervillei head sides behind eyes are weakly rounded posterad. Aphaenogaster vohraliki differs also by almost twice longer propodeal spines, and A. hamaensis differs in extremely short, resembling reduced teeth, propodeal spines. Also, due to elongated head and slim legs, A. splendida appears similar to A. kervillei but it differs in oval and more distinctly sculptured head, with longitudinal and reticulate sculpture present also on its posterior half. Other yellow colored species of the A. splendida species-group differ in stouter body, hind femora distinctly swollen medially, and more distinctly sculptured head strongly narrowing toward base and apex, with longitudinal and reticulate sculpture also in its posterior half. Slim and elongated body of Aphaenogaster peloponnesiaca reminds body proportions characteristic to A. kervillei, but A. peloponnesiaca differs in regularly oval head evenly converging anterad and posterad.
Distribution
Israel and Syria. Its presence in Lebanon and Turkey is possible but requires confirmation (Salata et al., 2021).
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 33.55181° to 33.55181°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Israel, Lebanon (type locality), Syria, Türkiye.
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
Queen unknown.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- kervillei. Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910a: 12 (w.) SYRIA.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Salata, Karaman, et al. 2021: 312), 9 paralectotype workers.
- Type-locality: lectotype Syria: Antiliban, Berzé (G. de Kerville); paralectotypes with same data.
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 58.
- Status as species: Emery, 1921f: 58; Aktaç, 1977: 120; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 41; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 16; Borowiec, L. 2014: 13; Salata, Karaman, et al. 2021: 312 (redescription).
- Distribution: Israel, Lebanon, Syria.
Type Material
- Lectotype (designated by Salata et al., 2021: 312): A. kervillei | Type Forel | Berzé Antiliban | ss pierr. Syrie | (Kerville) || Sp. A. Kervillei | Forel || coll. Forel || Typus || ANTWEB | CASENT0907687 (MHNG), examined (Salata et al., 2021).
- 9 paralectotypes: A. kervillei | Type For | Berzé Antiliban | Gadeau de Kerville || kervillei || Forel || coll. | A. Forel || Cotypus (MHNG), examined (Salata et al., 2021).
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)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 58, combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma))
- Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32 (page 12, worker described)
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- 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).
- Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Fisher, B.L., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Oueslati, W., Salata, S., Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80, 627–648 (doi:10.3897/asp.80.e84428).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Forel A. 1910. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32.
- Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.