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Aphaenogaster punctatissima
| Aphaenogaster punctatissima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | A. punctatissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster punctatissima Mackay, 2017 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico (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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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- punctatissima. Aphaenogaster punctatissima Mackay, W., in Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 370, figs. 99, 100, 196, 317; pl. 45 (w.) MEXICO (Colima).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 10 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Colima, 19 km. NE Colima, 1219 m., 1.viii.1988, 88-19 (R. Anderson); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); CASC, LACM, MCZC, USNM, WEMC (paratypes).
- [Note: paratypes also cited as in IEMJ, an abbreviation that does not appear in the list of depositories in Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 15-16.]
- Distribution: Mexico.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Colima, 19 km NE Colima, 1219m, Mexico, 1 July 1988, R. Anderson, R. Anderson 88-19, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
References
- Mackay, W.P., Mackay, E. 2017. The New World Gypsy Ants of the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lambert Academic Publishing, Mauritius. 605 pp.