Aphaenogaster gibbosa

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Aphaenogaster gibbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: gibbosa
Species: A. gibbosa
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster gibbosa
(Latreille, 1798)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

This ant was observed on larvae of Lampides boeticus that were feeding on Erophaca baetica in Sierra Morena, southern Spain (Obregon et al. 2015). Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on or in soil in a Caspian moist littoral area.

Identification

A member of the Aphaenogaster gibbosa-group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 47.450329° to 30.457778°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria, France (type locality), Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia.

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

Gonçalves et al (2017) found Aphaenogaster gibbosa to be abundant in the Iberian vineyards they sampled (pitfall trapping).

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code antweb1008051. Photographer Elham Kashani, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ULM, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

Nomenclature

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

  • gibbosa. Formica gibbosa Latreille, 1798: 50 (w.m.) FRANCE.
    • [Misspelled as gibossa by Ceballos, 1956: 297.]
    • Emery, 1908c: 333 (q.).
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster: Dalla Torre, 1893: 107; Emery, 1908c: 332;
    • combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Emery, 1895c: 303;
    • combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 57; Menozzi, 1921: 26.
    • Subspecies of testaceopilosa: Emery & Forel, 1879: 463.
    • Subspecies of subterranea: Dalla Torre, 1893: 107; Emery, 1895b: 71; Emery, 1895c: 303; Emery, 1898c: 139; Ruzsky, 1905b: 718.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1908c: 332; Forel, 1909c: 104; Forel, 1911d: 346; Karavaiev, 1912a: 5; Forel, 1915d: 36 (in key); Emery, 1916b: 130; Bondroit, 1918: 157; Emery, 1921f: 57; Menozzi, 1922b: 325; Santschi, 1923f: 328; Donisthorpe, 1926a: 6; Santschi, 1931a: 3; Santschi, 1932d: 338; Grandi, 1935: 99; Stitz, 1939: 116; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 81 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1059; Ceballos, 1956: 297; Cagniant, 1966b: 279; Bernard, 1967: 135 (redescription); Arnol’di, 1968: 1805; Cagniant, 1968a: 142; Kutter, 1968a: 59; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 60; Cagniant, 1970a: 415; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 49; Baroni Urbani, 1976: 209; Arnol'di, 1976b: 1024 (in key); Kutter, 1977c: 78; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key); Collingwood, 1978: 79 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 212; Attanasov & Dlussky, 1992: 109; Arakelian, 1994: 31; Schulz, A. 1994a: 424; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Poldi, et al. 1995: 3; Espadaler, 1997b: 29; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 13 (in key) ; Petrov, 2006: 90 (in key); Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 137; Paknia, et al. 2008: 152; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 486; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 41; Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 13; Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 18; Legakis, 2011: 6; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 464; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 16; Kiran, et al. 2013: 49 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 12 (see note in bibliography); Bračko, et al. 2014: 13; Lebas, et al. 2016: 256; Sharaf, Fisher, et al. 2018: 17 (in key); Salata & Borowiec, 2018a: 12 (in key); Gómez, et al. 2018: 221 (in key); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 42; Seifert, 2018: 176.
    • Senior synonym of barcinensis: Collingwood, 1978: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 70.
    • Senior synonym of chorassanica: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 212; Bolton, 1995b: 70.
    • Senior synonym of laevior Forel: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 60 (in text); Collingwood, 1978: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 70.
    • Senior synonym of striola: Emery, 1895c: 303; Forel, 1915d: 36 (in key); Emery, 1921f: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowsky, 2009: 486.
  • barcinensis. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa var. barcinensis Menozzi, 1922b: 325 (w.q.) SPAIN.
    • Subspecies of gibbosa: Ceballos, 1956: 298.
    • Junior synonym of gibbosa: Collingwood, 1978: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 68.
  • chorassanica. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa subsp. chorassanica Arnol'di, 1968: 1805 (w.q.m.) TURKMENISTAN.
    • Junior synonym of gibbosa: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 212; Bolton, 1995b: 68.
  • laevior. Aphaenogaster striola var. laevior Forel, 1892g: 453 (w.) SPAIN.
    • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) longipes var. laevior Emery, 1887b: 456 (Bolton, 1995b: 70).]
    • [Misspelled as levior by Santschi, 1919e: 245, Schmitz, 1950: 15, and others.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908c: 334.
    • Subspecies of gibbosa: Santschi, 1919e: 245; Emery, 1921f: 58; Menozzi, 1922b: 326; Emery, 1924c: 164; Schmitz, 1950: 15; Ceballos, 1956: 298.
    • Junior synonym of gibbosa: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 60 (in text); Collingwood, 1978: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 70.
  • striola. Atta striola Roger, 1859: 252 (w.m.) SPAIN, GREECE.
    • Emery, 1869b: 17 (q.).
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1861: 67 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 29; Mayr, 1863: 397; Emery, 1869b: 17; Dours, 1873: 167; André, 1874: 197 (in key); André, 1883b: 362 (in key); Forel, 1889: 257; Forel, 1890a: lxxi; Dalla Torre, 1893: 105; Medina, 1893: 105.
    • Subspecies of subterranea: Emery & Forel, 1879: 462; Emery, 1891b: 8; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 106 (footnote).
    • Junior synonym of gibbosa: Emery, 1895c: 303; Forel, 1915d: 36 (in key); Emery, 1921f: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowsky, 2009: 486.

Description

Karyotype

  • n = 11; 16; 17, 2n = 34, karyotype = 4M+2SM+4ST+6T; 6M+4SM+8ST+16T (Switzerland) (Hauschteck-Jungen & Jungen, 1983; Lorite et al., 2000; Palomeque et al., 1993b) (this karyotype is reported as fusion of two telocentric chromosomes).

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