Aphaenogaster torossiani

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Aphaenogaster torossiani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: testaceopilosa
Species: A. torossiani
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster torossiani
Cagniant, 1988

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° to 31.75°.

 
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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Aphaenogaster torossianiQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0913791. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.
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Syntype of Aphaenogaster torossianiMale (alate). Specimen code casent0913792. 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.

  • torossiani. Aphaenogaster torossiani Cagniant, 1988a: 241, figs. 1-4 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 73; Cagniant, 1996a: 79; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 20.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 73, catalogue)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Description des trois castes d'Aphaenogaster torossiani n. sp. et notes biologiques (Hym. Formicoidea Myrmicidae)." Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 92 (1988): 241-250.
  • Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Description des trois castes d'Aphaenogaster weulersseae n. sp.; notes biologiques et écologiques; étude comparée de trois populations (Hym. Formicoidea Myrmicidae)." Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 94 (3-4) (1989): 113-125.
  • Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.