Aphaenogaster mutica

Aphaenogaster mutica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	A. mutica
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster mutica Pergande, 1896 Specimen labels

Identification

Aphaenogaster mutica has a head and mesosoma that are light brown, with a dark gaster. The head is rounded (wider at occiput), with a notched clypeus. (DeMarco, 2015)

Keys including this Species

• Key to US Aphaenogaster species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 23.55° to 23.23°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.

Nomenclature

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

• mutica. Aphaenogaster mutica Pergande, 1896: 891 (w.) MEXICO (Baja California Sur).
  • Type-material: 8 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Mexico: Baja California, San José del Cabo, ix.1894 (G. Eisen & Vaslit).
  • Type-depositories: CASC, MCZC, USNM.
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 58.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1899c: 59; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 565; Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 412; Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 516; Emery, 1921f: 58; Creighton, 1950a: 146; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 796; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1361; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 330 (redescription).
  • Distribution: Mexico.

Type Material

• Syntype, 6 workers, San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 23.1°N 109.7°W / 23.1; -109.7, September, 1894, Eisen & Vaslit, USNM Type No. 4492, National Museum of Natural History.
• Syntype, 1 worker, San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 23.1°N 109.7°W / 23.1; -109.7, September, 1894, Eisen & Vaslit, USNM Type No. 4492, MCZ Type No. 28921, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Syntype, 1 worker, San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 23.1°N 109.7°W / 23.1; -109.7, September, 1894, Eisen & Vaslit, CAS Type No. 623, California Academy of Sciences; labelled as lectotype but publication source unknown.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 71, catalogue)
• DeMarco, B.B. 2015. Phylogeny of North American Aphaenogaster species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reconstructed with morphological and DNA data. Ph.D. thesis, Michigan State University.
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 58, Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma))
• Pergande, T. 1896. Mexican Formicidae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 858-896 (page 891, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Johnson, R.A. and P.S. Ward. 2002. Biogeography and endemism of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baja California, Mexico: a first overview. Journal of Biogeography 29:1009–1026/
• O'Keefe S. T., J. L. Cook, T. Dudek, D. F. Wunneburger, M. D. Guzman, R. N. Coulson, and S. B. Vinson. 2000. The Distribution of Texas Ants. The Southwestern Entomologist 22: 1-92.
• Pergande, T. 1895. Mexican Formicidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Ser. 2 :850-896
• Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133
• Wheeler W. M. 1915. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 389-421.