Aphaenogaster projectens

Aphaenogaster projectens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. projectens
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster projectens Donisthorpe, 1947

Distribution

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.

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.

Castes

Known only from the male.

Nomenclature

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

• projectens. Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) projectens Donisthorpe, 1947c: 581 (m.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay, Hanmor valley, 25.iii.1944 (K.V. Krombein).
  • Type-depository: USNM.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 134; Smith, M.R. 1961b: 235 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 72.
  • Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

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. 1947c [1946]. Ants from New Guinea, including new species and a new genus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(13): 577-595 (page 581, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Donisthorpe H. 1947. Ants from New Guinea, including new species and a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)13: 577-595.
• 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.
• Smith M. R. 1961. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterologica 1: 213-238.