Aphaenogaster opposita

Aphaenogaster opposita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. opposita
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster opposita (Say, 1836)

This taxon considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Nomenclature

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

• opposita. Myrmica opposita Say, 1836: 292 (w.m.) U.S.A. (no state data).
  • Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: U.S.A.: (no further data).
  • Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 58.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 129; Mayr, 1863: 434; Cresson, 1887: 261; Dalla Torre, 1893: 113; Emery, 1921f: 58.
  • Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1414;
  • unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Aphaenogaster: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 798; Bolton, 1995b: 71.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 71, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 58, combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma))
• Say, T. 1836. Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1: 209-305 (page 292, worker, male described)
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1414, unplaced taxon)
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F., Krombein, K. V., Townes, H. K. (eds.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2:1-1420. (page 798, unrecognisable taxon)