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Aphaenogaster nadigi
| Aphaenogaster nadigi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species group: | gibbosa |
| Species: | A. nadigi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster nadigi Santschi, 1923
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Identification
A member of the Aphaenogaster gibbosa-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.568056° to 31.133333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.
- nadigi. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa var. nadigi Santschi, 1923f: 328 (w.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- [Notes (i): Cagniant, 1987a: 31, cites 2w syntypes NHMB; (ii) Cagniant also cites 30w “Atlas de Beni Mellal, Koumch” as ‘plesiotypes’ (no type-status).]
- Type-locality: Morocco: Marrakech (A. Nadig).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Cagniant, 1987a: 33 (q.m.).
- Subspecies of gibbosa: Santschi, 1932d: 342; Santschi, 1936c: 200.
- Status as species: Cagniant, 1987a: 31; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Cagniant, 1996a: 75; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 15; Salata & Borowiec, 2018a: 13 (in key).
- Distribution: Morocco.
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)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H. 1987a [1986]. Aphaenogaster nadigi Santschi, bona species (n. status). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 62: 31-43 (page 31, raised to species)
- Cagniant, H. 1987a [1986]. Aphaenogaster nadigi Santschi, bona species (n. status). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 62: 31-43. (page 33, queen, male described)
- Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2018. Redescription of Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Emery, 1908 with a key to gibbosa species group. Asian Myrmecology 10, e010002, pp. 1-15 (DOI 10.20362/am.010002).
- Santschi, F. 1923f. Messor et autres fourmis paléarctiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 317-336 (page 328, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cagniant, H. "Aphaenogaster nadigi Santschi, bona especies (n. status)." EOS (Revista española de entomología) LXII (1987): 31-43.
- Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines: Aphaenogaster atlantis Santschi, 1929 bona species (n. status) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)." Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie, Biologia et Écologie Animales (4)12 (1990): 123-133.
- Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Redescription of Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Emery, 1908 with a key to gibbosa species group. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010002
- Taheri A., J. Reyes-Lopez, and N. Bennas. 2014. Contribution a l'etude de la fauna myrmecologique du parc national de Talassemtane (nord du Maroc): biodiversite, biogeographie et especes indicatrices. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 54: 225236.
- Tinaut, A., and J. Jiménez Rojas. "Redescripción de Aphaenogaster striativentris Forel, 1895 y consideraciones sobre su polimorfismo (Hymenotera, Formicidae)." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 66 (2) (1991): 117-126.
- de Haro, Andrés, and C. A. Collingwood. "Prospección mirmecológica por la península Tingitana al norte del Rif (Marruecos)." Orsis (Organismes i Sistemes) 12 (1997): 93-99.