Aphaenogaster montana

Aphaenogaster montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. montana
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster montana Mackay, 2017

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 17.977061° to 17.977061°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.

• montana. Aphaenogaster montana Mackay, W., in Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 320, figs. 54, 55, 108, 111, 299, 300, 301; pls. 31-33 (w.q.m.) MEXICO (Nuevo León).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 47 paratype workers, 23 paratype queens, 17 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Nuevo León, 55 km. NE Dr. Arroyo, 2570 m., 10.vi.1988 (W. Mackay); paratypes with same data, nos 10991, 10996, 10999, 11000.
  • Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); CASC, LACM, MCZC, USNM, WEMC (paratypes).
  • [Note: paratypes also cited as in IEMJ, an abbreviation that does not appear in the list of depositories in Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 15-16.]
  • Distribution: Mexico.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Nuevo León, 55 k NE Dr. Arroyo, 2570m, Mexico, 10 June 1988, W. Mackay, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

References

• Mackay, W.P., Mackay, E. 2017. The New World Gypsy Ants of the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lambert Academic Publishing, Mauritius. 605 pp.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Mackay W., and E. Mackay. 2017. The New World gypsy ants of the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 605 pp.