Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa canescens

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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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Tunisia.

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

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

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