Aphaenogaster rifensis

Aphaenogaster rifensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species group:	testaceopilosa
Species:	A. rifensis
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster rifensis Cagniant, 1994

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 34.916667° to 34.916667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.

Nomenclature

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

• rifensis. Aphaenogaster rifensis Cagniant, 1994: 23, figs. 3, 4 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
  • Type-material: 110 syntype workers, 3 syntype queens, 46 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: 30 workers, 1 queen, 20 males Morocco: Rif, Jbel bou Bessoui, W Ketama, 1650 m., 1986, sample no. 8 (H. Cagniant), 30 workers, 1 queen with same data but sample no. 9, 20 workers, 1 queen, 20 males with same data but sample no. 10, 30 workers, 6 males with same data but ix.1992, sample no. 11 (R. de la Paz).
  • Type-depositories: HCPC, MNHN.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 72; Cagniant, 1996a: 76; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 16.
  • Distribution: Morocco.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 72, catalogue)

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cagniant, H. 1994. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Description d'Aphaenogaster rifensis sp. n. Révision de la superespèce Aphaenogaster (supersp.) gemella Rog. (n. taxon) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. Evol. Zool. 119: 15-29. (page 23, figs. 3, 4 worker, queen, male described)

• Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Fisher, B.L., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Oueslati, W., Salata, S., Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80, 627–648 (doi:10.3897/asp.80.e84428).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
• Taheri A., J. Reyes-Lopez, and N. Bennas. 2014. Contribution a l'etude de la fauna myrmecologique du parc national de Talassemtane (nord du Maroc): biodiversite, biogeographie et especes indicatrices. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 54: 225–236.