Aphaenogaster theryi

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Aphaenogaster theryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: gibbosa
Species: A. theryi
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster theryi
Santschi, 1923

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Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the Aphaenogaster gibbosa-group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.197222° to 32.033333°.

   
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

Nomenclature

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

  • theryi. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) theryi Santschi, 1923f: 327, fig. 2 (w.) MOROCCO.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Morocco: Sidi Ayech (A. Théry).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Cagniant, 1986: 140 (q.m.).
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1929e: 141; Cagniant, 1986: 140; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Cagniant, 1996a: 75; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 20; Salata & Borowiec, 2018a: 12 (in key).
    • Distribution: Morocco.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bernard F. 1970. Les fourmis de la forêt de Mâmora (Maroc). Revue d'Écologie et de Biologie du Sol 6:n483-513.
  • Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
  • Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Redescription of Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Emery, 1908 with a key to gibbosa species group. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010002