Aphaenogaster torossiani
Aphaenogaster torossiani | |
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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 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° to 31.75°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).
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
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Aphaenogaster torossiani. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0913791. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
Syntype of Aphaenogaster torossiani. Male (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)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H. 1988a. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Description des trois castes d'Aphaenogaster torossiani n. sp. et notes biologiques (Hym. Formicoidea Myrmicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 92: 241-250. (page 241, figs. 1-4 worker, queen, male described)
- Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Fisher, B.L., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Oueslati, W., Salata, S., Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80, 627–648 (doi:10.3897/asp.80.e84428).
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.