Aphaenogaster lustrans

Aphaenogaster lustrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. lustrans
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster lustrans Smith, M.R., 1961 Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -9.300000191° to -10.36666965°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.

Nomenclature

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

• lustrans. Aphaenogaster lustrans Smith, M.R. 1961b: 234, pl. 16, fig. 3 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay, Hihilai Plantation, iii.-iv.1944 (H.R. Roberts); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: CASC (holotype); CASC, USNM (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 71.
  • Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 71, catalogue)
• Smith, M. R. 1961b. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterol. 1: 213-238 (page 234, pl. 16, fig. 3 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• CSIRO Collection
• Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
• Smith M. R. 1961. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterologica 1: 213-238.