Aphaenogaster dromedaria

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Ischnomyrmex dromedarius Emery, 1900c: 322, pl. 8, figs. 23, 24 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Donisthorpe, 1938b: 32 (m.).
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster: Viehmeyer, 1914d: 601;
 * combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1915d: 71; Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219;
 * combination in Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma): Emery, 1921f: 66.
 * Status as species: Stitz, 1911a: 367; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 516; Emery, 1915d: 71; Emery, 1921f: 66; Donisthorpe, 1938b: 32; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 134; Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 69.
 * Senior synonym of fusca: Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
 * Senior synonym of nigra: Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
 * fusca. Ischnomyrmex dromedarius var. fusca Emery, 1900c: 322 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma): Emery, 1921f: 66.
 * Subspecies of dromedaria: Stitz, 1911a: 367; Emery, 1921f: 66; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 134.
 * Junior synonym of dromedaria: Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
 * nigra. Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) dromedarius var. nigra Donisthorpe, 1938b: 31 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Aphaenogaster barbara var. nigra André, 1883b: 355 (Bolton, 1995b: 71).]
 * Subspecies of dromedaria: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 134.
 * Junior synonym of dromedaria: Smith, M.R. 1961b: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 71.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Donisthorpe H. 1938. Some ants of the subgenus Planimyrma Viehmeyer of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 74: 30-32.
 * Emery C. 1900. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 310-338.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Room P. M. 1975. Diversity and organization of the ground foraging ant faunas of forest, grassland and tree crops in Papua Nez Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 23: 71-89.
 * Room, P.M. 1975. Relative Distributions of Ant Species in Cocoa Plantations in Papua New Guinea Relative Distributions of Ant Species in Cocoa Plantations in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Applied Ecology 12(1):47-61
 * Smith M. R. 1961. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterologica 1: 213-238.
 * Stitz H. 1911. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 351-381.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1914. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914: 515-535.
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Patchy distributions of ant species in New Guinea rain forests. Psyche (Cambridge) 65: 26-38.
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Some ecological characteristics of ants in New Guinea rain forests. Ecology 40: 437-447.