Aphaenogaster araneoides

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

Castes
Longino & Cover (2004) reported that queens are ergatoid

Nomenclature

 *  araneoides. Aphaenogaster araneoides Emery, 1890b: 48, pl. 5, fig. f8 (w.) COSTA RICA. Borgmeier, 1949: 206 (m.). [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 54.] Combination in Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex): Forel, 1899c: 60; in Stenamma: Forel, 1907e: 4; in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1915d: 71. Senior synonym of brevicollis: Longino & Cover, 2004: 9.
 * brevicollis. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) phalangium var. brevicollis Forel, 1899c: 59 (w.m.). Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1921f: 65. Junior synonym of araneoides: Longino & Cover, 2004: 9.