Aphaenogaster espadaleri

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Aphaenogaster espadaleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: testaceopilosa
Species: A. espadaleri
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster espadaleri
Cagniant, 1984

Aphaenogaster espadaleri casent0913786 p 1 high.jpg

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° to 31.205833°.

 
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

Aphaenogaster espadaleri casent0913787 h 1 high.jpgAphaenogaster espadaleri casent0913787 p 1 high.jpgAphaenogaster espadaleri casent0913787 d 1 high.jpgAphaenogaster espadaleri casent0913787 l 1 high.jpgAphaenogaster espadaleri casent0913787 p 2 high.jpgAphaenogaster espadaleri casent0913787 p 3 high.jpg
Syntype of Aphaenogaster espadaleriMale (alate). Specimen code casent0913787. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.
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Paratype of Aphaenogaster espadaleriWorker. Specimen code casent0915436. 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.

  • espadaleri. Aphaenogaster espadaleri Cagniant, 1984: 387, figs. 1-11 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
    • Status as species: Cagniant, 1996a: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 11.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.