Aphaenogaster subexaperata

Aphaenogaster subexaperata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. subexaperata
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster subexaperata Zhou, 2001

Nothing is known about the biology of Aphaenogaster subexaperata.

Identification

Zhou (2001) - Conspicuous antennal club, pronotum smooth and shining, basal face of propodeum without longitudinal groove.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• subexaperata. Aphaenogaster subexaperata Zhou, 2001b: 146, 239, figs. 291, 292 (w.) CHINA (Guangxi).
  • Status as species: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype. TL 5.6, HL 1.22, HW 0.94, CI 77, SL 1.50, SI 159, PW 0.56, AL 1.76, ED 0.22.

Head oval, occiput marginate, not expanding to form neck. Apex of masticatory of mandible with 3 teeth, followed by several indistinct denticles. Median of clypeus flat, with median ridge and lateral ridges, middle of anterior border concave. Frontal carinae short, lamellately projected. Frontal area large, triangular, impressed. Antennal sockets large. Antennae silk-formed, 1/3 length of scape extending occipital border; 4-segmented club distinctly swollen. Eyes roundly convex, situated in the midlength of the sides of head, pronotum flat above, anterior mesonotum slightly higher than pronotum, oblique backward; basal face of propodeum slightly convex, and slightly longer than declivity. Propodeal spines long and acute at tip, their length about as long as the distance between them, uppkward and divergently backward. Petiolar node subtriangular, blunt at tip, slightly longer than peduncle; postpetiole high, pear-liked, narrow anteriorly, the widest area about 1.5 X as wide as the width of petiolar node. Gaster oval.

Mandibles with fine longitudinal striations; head coarsely reticulate, interspaces feebly punctate. Pronotum smooth and shining, anterior area with dense fine punctures; mesonotum and propodeum coarsely reticulate and punctate; basal face of propodeum with regular transverse striations; declivity with fine transverse striations. Base of petiole and postpetiole finely punctate, dorsum of them smooth and shining. Base of first gastral segment finely punctate, remaining portion and other gastral segments smooth and shining.

Erect hairs yellow, long and blunt at tip, relatively dense.

Color yellowish brown. Antennae and legs lighter, brownish yellow.

Paratypes 6: TL 5.4~5.7, HL 1.19~1.25, HW 0.91~0.97, CI 76~77, SL 1.44~1.50, SI 154~159, PW 0.56~0.59, AL 1.72~1.88, ED 0.21~0.23.

Type Material

Holotype worker, Huaping Natural Reserve, Guangxi, 9.VII.1995, Shanyi Zhou leg. Paratypes 6 workers, data as holotype.

References

• Zhou, S. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 255 pp.: 255pp (page 146, 239, figs. 291, 292 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Cheng D., Z. Chen, and S. Zhou. 2015. An analysis on the ant fauna of Jinzhongshan Nature Reserve in Gunagxi, China. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 33(3): 129.137.
• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Pan Y.S. 2007. Systematic Study on the Ant Genera Pheidole Westwood and Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formincidae : Myrmicinae) In China. Guangxi Normal University, Guangxi, China. 73 pages.
• Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp.