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Aphaenogaster omotoensis
| Aphaenogaster omotoensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. omotoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster omotoensis Terayama & Kubota, 2013 | |
This species nests in the soil of forest floor.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan (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.
- omotoensis. Aphaenogaster omotoensis Terayama & Kubota, 2013: 26, figs. 1, 2 (w.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 4 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Japan: Okinawa Pref., Ishigake-jima, Mt Omoto-dake, 28.ix.2007 (S. Kubota); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: NIAS.
- Distribution: Japan.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
- Terayama M., and S. Kubota. 2013. Two new species of the ant genus Aphaenogaster Mayr from Japan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 3: 25-31.