Aphaenogaster carolinensis

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Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: A. carolinensis
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

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Specimen Label

Identification

Aphaenogaster carolinensis was described as similar to Aphaenogaster texana, but with shorter spines and directed further backwards. This research finds overlapping morphological characters with both A. texana and Aphaenogaster rudis. DNA analysis is necessary to confirm identification by a missing intron in the gene CAD (DeMarco and Cognato, in prep). Specimens examined were collected from NC and MS. (DeMarco, 2015)

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 41.654216° to 26.121992°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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Biology

Castes

Queen

Images from AntWeb

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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103572. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Male

Images from AntWeb

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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0103573. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Nomenclature

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

  • carolinensis. Aphaenogaster texana var. carolinensis Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 414 (w.q.) U.S.A. (North Carolina).
    • Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 235 (m.).
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 60.
    • Subspecies of texana: Emery, 1921f: 60; Smith, M.R. 1931a: 17; Dennis, 1938: 287; Creighton, 1950a: 153; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 797; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 118; Carter, 1962a: 6 (in list); Smith, D.R. 1979: 1363; Deyrup, et al. 1989: 94; Bolton, 1995b: 68.
    • Status as species: Umphrey, 1996: 558 (in key); Deyrup, 2003: 44; Deyrup, 2017: 46; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 233 (redescription).

Type Material

Description

References

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