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Aphaenogaster messoroides
| Aphaenogaster messoroides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. messoroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster messoroides Dlussky, 1990 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Turkmenistan (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.
- messoroides. Aphaenogaster messoroides Dlussky, in Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 213, fig. 24 (w.m.) TURKMENISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated), 2 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Turkmenistan: Kopet Dag, vic. Kara-Kaly, Parkhai tract, 13-29.v.1984 (S.I. Zabelin); paratypes: workers with same data but 10.v.1984, 2 males 2.vi.1985 (from same nest).
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 71.
- Distribution: Turkmenistan.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 71, catalogue)
- Dlussky, G. M. 1990f [1989]. [Untitled. Aphaenogaster messoroides Dlussky, sp. nov.] Pp. 213-214 in: Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, S. I. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. (page 213, fig. 24 worker, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.