Aphaenogaster pallida

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Aphaenogaster pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: pallida
Species: A. pallida
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster pallida
(Nylander, 1849)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

A member of the Aphaenogaster pallida-group.

Aphaenogaster pallida and Aphaenogaster subterraneoides are very similar and differ only in the structure of propodeum. In A. pallida the propodeum is rounded, lacking propodeal spines, while in A. subterraneoides minute propodeal spines are present (Borowiec et al., 2019).

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 43.513889° to 30.004722°.

   
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Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Italy (type locality), Morocco, Tunisia.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Aphaenogaster pallida leveilleiWorker. Specimen code casent0904154. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • pallida. Myrmica pallida Nylander, 1849: 42 (w) ITALY (Sicily).
    • Roger, 1859: 254 (q.m.).
    • Combination in Atta: Smith, F. 1858b: 163; Roger, 1859: 254;
    • combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29; Emery, 1908c: 328;
    • combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Emery, 1895c: 303;
    • combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Santschi, 1919e: 245.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1855: 414 (footnote); Smith, F. 1858b: 163; Roger, 1859: 254; Mayr, 1861: 66 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 29; Mayr, 1863: 396; Dours, 1873: 167; André, 1874: 195 (in key); Emery & Forel, 1879: 462; André, 1881b: 75; André, 1883b: 358 (in key); Emery, 1884a: 382 (footnote); André, 1885: 853; Forel, 1890a: lxxi; Emery, 1891b: 9; Dalla Torre, 1893: 103; Medina, 1893: 105; Forel, 1894d: 28; Emery, 1908c: 328; Emery, 1908d: 23; Karavaiev, 1912a: 5; Emery, 1916b: 130; Emery, 1921f: 59; Menozzi, 1921: 26; Müller, 1923b: 52; Kutter, 1927: 98; Finzi, 1930a: 152; Grandi, 1935: 99; Santschi, 1936c: 200; Santschi, 1939c: 5; Ceballos, 1956: 298; Bernard, 1959: 345; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 29; Cagniant, 1964: 86; Cagniant, 1966b: 278; Bernard, 1967: 134 (redescription); Arnol’di, 1968: 1806; Cagniant, 1968a: 142; Cagniant, 1970a: 414; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 52; Baroni Urbani, 1976: 209; Arnol'di, 1976b: 1023 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 536 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Mei, 1992a: 418; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Mei, 1995: 760; Poldi, et al. 1995: 3; Petrov, 2006: 91 (in key); Radchenko, 2007: 33; Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 13; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 134; Borowiec, L. 2014: 16 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 260.
  • laurenti. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) pallida var. laurenti Santschi, 1939d: 69 (w.q.) ALGERIA.
    • Subspecies of pallida: Bolton, 1995b: 70.
    • Subspecies of leveillei: Cagniant, 1996a: 74.
    • Junior synonym of pallida: Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 62.
  • leveillei. Aphaenogaster pallida r. leveillei Emery, 1881b: 534 (footnote) (w.) ALGERIA.
    • Emery, 1884a: 382 (m.); Emery, 1908c: 329 (q.).
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 59.
    • Subspecies of pallida: André, 1883b: 358; Emery, 1884a: 382 (footnote); André, 1885: 853; Saunders, E. 1890: 204; Dalla Torre, 1893: 103; Emery, 1908c: 329; Santschi, 1908: 518; Emery, 1921f: 59; Kutter, 1927: 98; Finzi, 1930a: 152; Ceballos, 1956: 298; Bolton, 1995b: 70.
    • Status as species: Cagniant, 1996a: 74; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 14.
    • Junior synonym of pallida: Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 62.


Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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