Aphaenogaster saharensis

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Aphaenogaster saharensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: uncertain
Species: A. saharensis
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster saharensis
Bernard, 1953

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Specimen Labels

Schifani et al. (2022) found the identity of this taxon to be uncertain.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality).

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 saharensisMale (alate). Specimen code casent0913608. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • saharensis. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) saharensis Bernard, 1953a: 19, fig. 2 (m.) ALGERIA.
    • Type-material: holotype male.
    • Type-locality: Algeria: Tassili des Ajjer, st. 85, aguelmane Aourari, 1320 m., 1949 (F. Bernard).
    • Type-depository: MNHN.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 72; Borowiec, L. 2014: 17.
    • Distribution: Algeria.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
  • Bernard F. 1977. Trois fourmis nouvelles du Sahara (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 82: 29-32.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.