Aphaenogaster rothneyi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India. Palaearctic Region: China.

Biology


A nest found at an altitude of 2200 meters in Himalayan India, 15 June 2015 (photo by Himender Bharti).

Nomenclature

 * . Stenamma (Aphaenogaster) rothneyi Forel, 1902c: 224 (w.) INDIA (Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh).
 * [Aphaenogaster rothneyi Forel, 1900e: 267 (in text). Nomen nudum.]
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster: Bingham, 1903: 273;
 * combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 59.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 695; Bingham, 1903: 273; Forel, 1906b: 87; Emery, 1921f: 59; Menozzi, 1939a: 296 (in key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 132; Arnol'di, 1976b: 1025 (in key); Schulz, A. 1994a: 425 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 72; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 113; Tiwari, 1999: 37; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 300; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 33.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Forel A. 1902. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249.
 * Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.
 * Forel A. 1906. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42: 79-94.
 * Guo X., Q. Lin, J. Cui, D. Gao, S. Xu, and Z. Sheng. 2014. Biodiversity and spatial distribution patterns of ant species in tea gardens of Chongqing. Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1011.2014.31052
 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
 * Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
 * Mathew R., and R. N. Tiwari. 2000. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 251-409 in: Director; Zoological Survey of India (ed.) 2000. Fauna of of Meghalaya. Part 7. [State Fauna Series 4.] Insecta 2000. Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 621 pp.
 * Pan Y.S. 2007. Systematic Study on the Ant Genera Pheidole Westwood and Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formincidae : Myrmicinae) In China. Guangxi Normal University, Guangxi, China. 73 pages.
 * Tiwari R. N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4): 1-96.
 * Tiwari R. N., B. G. Kundu, S. Roy Chowdhury, and S. N. Ghosh. 2003. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Fauna of Sikkim. Part 4. State Fauna Series. 9.Zool.Surv.India. i-iii, 1-512. Chapter pagination: 467-506.
 * Tiwari, R.N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96
 * Yang Jun, Xu Zheng-hui, Mei Xiang-xin, Zhang Ji-ling, Zhao Yu-xiang. 2004. Taxonomy of Ants on the Eastern Slope of Xishan Mountains in Kunming. Journal of Southwest Forestry College 24(4): 26-37.