Aphaenogaster beesoni
Aphaenogaster beesoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
Species: | A. beesoni |
Binomial name | |
Aphaenogaster beesoni Donisthorpe, 1933 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (type locality), Pakistan.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- beesoni. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) beesoni Donisthorpe, 1933a: 24 (w.) INDIA (Himachal Pradesh).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 68; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 33.
Description
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1933a. A new species of Aphaenogaster (Hym. Formicidae) from India. Stylops 2: 24.
- Bharti, H., Dhiman, N., Bharti, M. and Wachkoo, A. A. 2013. SEM studies on immature stages of Aphaenogaster beesoni Donisthorpe, 1933 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres, 4: 68-78. ISSN: 0973-1555.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, catalogue)
- Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Donisthorpe H. 1933. A new species of Aphaenogaster (Hym. Formicidae) from India. Stylops 2: 24.
- Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.