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Aphaenogaster perplexa
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. perplexa |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster perplexa Smith, M.R., 1961
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -8.600000381° to -9.100000381°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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
Images from AntWeb
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| Holotype of Aphaenogaster quadrispina wheeleri. Worker. Specimen code casent0900451. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- wheeleri. Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) quadrispina subsp. wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1938b: 31 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
- Type-material: 12 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: 10 workers Papua New Guinea: Kokoda, 1200 ft, iv.1933 (L.E. Cheesman), 1 worker with same data but viii.1933, 1 worker with same data but x.1933.
- Type-depositories: BMNH, USNM.
- [Junior primary homonym of Aphaenogaster treatae subsp. wheeleri Mann, 1915: 51.]
- Subspecies of quadrispina: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 134.
- Replacement name: Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) perplexa Smith, M.R. 1961b: 228.
- perplexa. Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) perplexus Smith, M.R. 1961b: 228.
- Replacement name for Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) quadrispina subsp. wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1938b: 31. [Junior primary homonym of Aphaenogaster treatae subsp. wheeleri Mann, 1915: 51.]
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 72.
- Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 72, catalogue)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1938b. Some ants of the subgenus Planimyrma Viehmeyer of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 74: 30-32 (page 31, wheeleri Donisthorpe)
- Mann, W. M. 1915. A new form of a southern ant from Naushon Island, Massachusetts. Psyche (Camb.) 22: 51 (page 51, junior primary homonym of wheeleri Mann)
- Smith, M. R. 1961b. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterol. 1: 213-238 (page 228, replacement name for wheeleri)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Donisthorpe H. 1938. Some ants of the subgenus Planimyrma Viehmeyer of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 74: 30-32.
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Room P. M. 1975. Diversity and organization of the ground foraging ant faunas of forest, grassland and tree crops in Papua Nez Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 23: 71-89.
- Room, P.M. 1975. Relative Distributions of Ant Species in Cocoa Plantations in Papua New Guinea Relative Distributions of Ant Species in Cocoa Plantations in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Applied Ecology 12(1):47-61
- Smith M. R. 1961. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterologica 1: 213-238.