Aphaenogaster nadigi

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Aphaenogaster nadigi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: gibbosa
Species: A. nadigi
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster nadigi
Santschi, 1923

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Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the Aphaenogaster gibbosa-group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.568056° to 31.133333°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: 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

Nomenclature

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

  • nadigi. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa var. nadigi Santschi, 1923f: 328 (w.) MOROCCO.
    • Cagniant, 1987a: 33 (q.m.).
    • Subspecies of gibbosa: Santschi, 1932d: 342; Santschi, 1936c: 200.
    • Status as species: Cagniant, 1987a: 31; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Cagniant, 1996a: 75; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 15; Salata & Borowiec, 2018a: 13 (in key).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cagniant, H. "Aphaenogaster nadigi Santschi, bona especies (n. status)." EOS (Revista española de entomología) LXII (1987): 31-43.
  • Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines: Aphaenogaster atlantis Santschi, 1929 bona species (n. status) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)." Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie, Biologia et Écologie Animales (4)12 (1990): 123-133.
  • Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
  • Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Redescription of Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Emery, 1908 with a key to gibbosa species group. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010002
  • Taheri A., J. Reyes-Lopez, and N. Bennas. 2014. Contribution a l'etude de la fauna myrmecologique du parc national de Talassemtane (nord du Maroc): biodiversite, biogeographie et especes indicatrices. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 54: 225–236.
  • Tinaut, A., and J. Jiménez Rojas. "Redescripción de Aphaenogaster striativentris Forel, 1895 y consideraciones sobre su polimorfismo (Hymenotera, Formicidae)." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 66 (2) (1991): 117-126.
  • de Haro, Andrés, and C. A. Collingwood. "Prospección mirmecológica por la península Tingitana al norte del Rif (Marruecos)." Orsis (Organismes i Sistemes) 12 (1997): 93-99.