Aphaenogaster turkestanica

Aphaenogaster turkestanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. turkestanica
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster turkestanica Arnol'di, 1976

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan (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.

Nomenclature

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

• turkestanica. Aphaenogaster turkestanica Arnol'di, 1976b: 1021 (q.) TAJIKISTAN.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Tajikistan: Turkestanskiy khrebet, Vorykh, 23.viii.1974 (Rakhmatov).
  • Type-depository: ZMUM.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 74.
  • Distribution: Tajikistan.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1976b. Review of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the USSR. Zool. Zh. 5 55: 1019-1026. (page 1021, queen described)

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 74, catalogue)