Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa

Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species group:	testaceopilosa
Species:	A. testaceopilosa
Binomial name
	Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa; (Lucas, 1849) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa cabylica Stitz, 1917; Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa canescens Emery, 1895;

Identification

Distribution

Records from European countries based on wide interpretation of Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa. Recently this taxon is restricted to the Algeria while in European parts of Mediterranean Bassin occur another species described in the past as infraspecific forms of Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa (see Boer, 2013, cited in Borowiec, 2014).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.882778° to 28.416667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Morocco, Spain, Tunisia.

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.

testaceopilosa. Myrmica testaceopilosa Lucas, H. 1849: 301, pl. 16, fig. 10 (w.) ALGERIA.
- Mayr, 1861: 67 (q.m.); Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.).
- Combination in Atta: Smith, F. 1858b: 165; Roger, 1859: 255;
- combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Emery, 1895c: 303;
- combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29; Ruzsky, 1905b: 721.
- Status as species: Nylander, 1856b: 86; Smith, F. 1858b: 165; Roger, 1859: 255; Mayr, 1861: 66 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 29; Mayr, 1863: 397; Mayr, 1865: 88; Emery, 1869b: 18; Dours, 1873: 167; André, 1874: 196 (in key); Emery, 1878a: x (in list); Emery, 1878b: 53; Emery & Forel, 1879: 462; Emery, 1880: 392; Emery, 1881b: 534; Emery, 1882: 451; André, 1883b: 361 (in key); Costa, 1883: 60; Emery, 1884a: 381; Forel, 1889: 257; Forel, 1890a: lxxi; Saunders, E. 1890: 204; Emery, 1891b: 9; Dalla Torre, 1893: 107; Emery, 1893c: 84; Medina, 1893: 105; Forel, 1894d: 27; Forel, 1895d: 227; Forel, 1902a: 150; Ruzsky, 1902d: 27; Ruzsky, 1905b: 721; Forel, 1906c: 190; Forel, 1907e: 15; Emery, 1908c: 314; Forel, 1909e: 377; Karavaiev, 1912a: 4; Emery, 1914d: 156; Emery, 1916b: 131; Stitz, 1917: 341; Emery, 1921f: 62; Müller, 1923b: 57; Lomnicki, 1925b: 2; Wheeler, W.M. 1926: 2; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 103; Finzi, 1930b: 15; Finzi, 1933: 162; Santschi, 1933c: 391 (redescription); Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249; Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1059; Wellenius, 1955: 5; Ceballos, 1956: 298; Cagniant, 1964: 86; Cagniant, 1966b: 279; Cagniant, 1968a: 142; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 61; Cagniant, 1970a: 415; Arnol'di, 1976b: 1025 (in key); Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 670; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 189; Collingwood, 1978: 80 (in key); Barquin Diez, 1981: 71; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 146; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 137; Legakis, 2011: 8; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 469; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 17; Borowiec, L. 2014: 20 (see note in bibliography).
- Current subspecies: nominal plus cabylica, canescens.

Description

Karyotype

n = 17, 2n = 34 (Croatia; Spain; Tunisia) (Hauschteck-Jungen & Jungen, 1983) (Lorite and Palomeque 2010 states some issues about the identification/sampling location).

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