Aphaenogaster fallax

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Aphaenogaster fallax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: testaceopilosa
Species: A. fallax
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster fallax
Cagniant, 1992

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.866667° to 30.983333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Morocco (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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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Aphaenogaster fallaxMale (alate). Specimen code casent0913789. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • fallax. Aphaenogaster fallax Cagniant, 1992c: 199, figs. 2-4 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 69; Cagniant, 1996a: 78; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 11.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cagniant H. 1996. Étude des populations d'Aphaenogaster (supersp.) praedo Em. du Maroc. Nouvelles localités d'Aphaenogaster marocaines. Camponotus ruber Forel, 1894 bona species. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 121: 237-254.
  • Cagniant, H. 2006. Liste actualisée des fourmis du Maroc. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 193-200.
  • Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Aphaenogaster fallax sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)." Journal of African Zoology 106 (1992): 197-210.
  • Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.