Aphaenogaster rhaphidiiceps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Ischnomyrmex rhaphidiiceps Mayr, 1877: 12 (w.) UZBEKISTAN.
 * [Also described as new by Mayr, 1880: 31.]
 * [Misspelled as raphidiiceps by Emery, 1915d: 71, Arnol'di, 1976b: 1022.]
 * Arnol'di, 1976b: 1022 (q.).
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster: André, 1883b: 349;
 * combination in Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex): Emery, 1908c: 314;
 * combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1915d: 71.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1880: 31; André, 1883b: 349 (in key); Emery, 1888a: 532 (footnote key); Nasonov, 1889: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 104; Ruzsky, 1905b: 712; Emery, 1908c: 314; Emery, 1915d: 71; Emery, 1921f: 64; Collingwood, 1961a: 57; Pisarski, 1967: 379 (redescription); Arnol'di, 1976b: 1022, 1025 (in key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 214; Bolton, 1995b: 72.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Collingwood C. A. 1961. The third Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 123: 51-79.
 * Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
 * Ghahari H., C. A. Collingwood, M. Havaskary, H. Ostovan, and N. Samin. 2011. A contribution to the knowledge of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Arasbaran biosphere reserve and vicinity, Northwestern Iran. Jordan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 7(3): 558-563.