Aphaenogaster osimenseis

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Aphaenogaster osimenseis
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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Micronesia (Federated States of).
Palaearctic Region: Japan (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
    • [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.

Description

Karyotype

  • n = 16, 2n = 32 (Japan) (Imai & Yosida, 1964; Imai & Yosida, 1966; Imai, 1966; Imai, 1969; Imai, 1971).

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