Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa canescens

Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species group:	testaceopilosa
Species:	A. testaceopilosa
Subspecies:	A. testaceopilosa canescens
Trinomial name
	Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa canescens; (Emery, 1895)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.466667° to 36.033333°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Tunisia.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

canescens. Stenamma (Aphaenogaster) testaceopilosa subsp. canescens Emery, 1895b: 70 (w.) ALGERIA, TUNISIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Algeria: Beja (no collector’s name), Tunisia: Ain Draham, and El-Feigia (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Santschi, 1939d: 68 (m.).
- Combination in Aphaenogaster: Emery, 1908c: 322.
- Subspecies of testaceopilosa: Emery, 1908c: 322; Karavaiev, 1912a: 4; Emery, 1921f: 62; Santschi, 1929e: 141; Santschi, 1933c: 392; Santschi, 1939d: 68; Cagniant, 1968a: 142; Cagniant, 1970a: 415; Bolton, 1995b: 68.
- Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.

Description

References

Abdi-Hamecha, L., Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Sadoudi, D. A.-A., Salem, S., Zazgad, I., Cagniant, H. 2021. Diversité des fourmis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) dans la forêt de Yakouren (Algérie) : Estimation de la richesse, biogéographie et taxonomie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 128(1), 61-72 (doi:10.35929/rsz.0035).
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, catalogue)
Emery, C. 1895n. Sopra alcune formiche della fauna mediterranea. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:59-75 (page 70, worker described)
Emery, C. 1908d. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung.) III. Die mit Aphaenogaster verwandte Gattungengruppe. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 305-338 (page 322, combination in Aphaenogaster)
Santschi, F. 1939d. Notes sur des Camponotus et autres fourmis de l'Afrique Mineure. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 19: 66-87 (page 68, 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).