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Aphaenogaster tinauti
| Aphaenogaster tinauti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species group: | testaceopilosa |
| Species: | A. tinauti |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphaenogaster tinauti Cagniant, 1992
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| At a Glance | • Brachypterous Queen |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° to 31.05°.
| 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. |
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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
Queen described as brachypterous (Cagniant 1992)
Images from AntWeb
    
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| Syntype of Aphaenogaster tinauti. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0913796. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
     
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| Syntype of Aphaenogaster tinauti. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0913797. 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.
- tinauti. Aphaenogaster tinauti Cagniant, 1992b: 365, figs. 1, 3, 5-11 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: 135 syntype workers, 12 syntype queens, 55 syntype males.
- Type-locality: 30 workers, 5 queens, 20 males Morocco: Toubkal Massif, Jbel Aguelzim, 60 km. S Marrakech, “as a bird flies”, 4.v.1990 (H. Cagniant), 30 workers same locality but 2500 m., 30 workers, 3 queens, 15 males same locality but 2600 m., 30 workers, 4 queens, 15 males same locality but 2800 m., 15 workers, 5 males Massif de Toubkal, viii.1989 (A. Tinaut).
- Type-depositories: HCPC, MNHN (probably also ATPC).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 73; Cagniant, 1996a: 79; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 20.
- Distribution: Morocco.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 73, 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. 1992d. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Aphaenogaster tinauti n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. Evol. Zool. 117: 365-374. (page 365, figs. 1, 3, 5-11 worker, brachypterous 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. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Aphaenogaster tinauti n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France Évolution et Zoologie 117 (1992): 365-374.
- Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.