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Aphaenogaster osimenseis
| Aphaenogaster osimenseis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. osimenseis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster osimenseis Teranishi, 1940 | |
| Common Name | |
|---|---|
| Iso-ashinaga-ari | |
| Language: | Japanese |
Aphaenogaster osimensis generally nests in the soil, crevices in rocks, or under stones in open rocky seashore habitats. On small islands the range of occupied habitats is extended to include forests and their margins, or inland rocky areas. Foraging workers turn their gasters downwards (Japanese Ant Image Database).
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.65° to 27.038694°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Micronesia (Federated States of).
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.
- osimenseis. Aphaenogaster famelica var. osimenseis Teranishi, 1940: 78 (w.q.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: 15 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens.
- Type-locality: Japan: Osima I., Izu, viii.1918 (M. Yamada).
- Type-depository: unknown (perhaps NSMT).
- [Misspelled as osimensis by Imai, 1971: 139, and others.]
- Subspecies of famelica: Onoyama, 1980: 197.
- Status as species: Imai, 1971: 139; Nishizono & Yamane, 1990: 31; Ogata, 1991b: 86; Morisita, et al. 1992: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Imai, et al. 2003: 179; Clouse, 2007b: 239.
- Distribution: Japan, Micronesia.
Description
Karyotype
- See additional details at the Ant Chromosome Database.
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- n = 16, 2n = 32 (Japan) (Imai & Yosida, 1964; Imai & Yosida, 1966; Imai, 1966; Imai, 1969; Imai, 1971).
References
- Clouse, R. M. 2007. The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Micronesia. Micronesica. 39(2): 171–296.
- Imai, H. T. 1971. Karyological studies of Japanese ants II. Species differentiation in Aphaenogaster; with special regard to their morphology, distribution and chromosomes. Mushi 44: 137-151 (page 139, raised to species)
- Teranishi, C. 1940. Works of Cho Teranishi. Memorial Volume: 312 pp. plus posthumous section of 95 pp. Osaka.