Aphaenogaster praenoda

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Aphaenogaster praenoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species group: testaceopilosa
Species: A. praenoda
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster praenoda
Santschi, 1933

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 34.033333° to 33.593056°.

 
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

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Syntype of Aphaenogaster praenoda confinisMale (alate). Specimen code casent0913121. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • praenoda. Aphaenogaster (Aphaenogaster) praenoda Santschi, 1933c: 398, figs. 1, 16, 30 (w.m.) MOROCCO.
    • Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 5 syntype males.
    • Type-locality: worker Morocco: Rabat (A. Théry), males Morocco: Rabat, iv.1928 (Otin).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 72; Borowiec, L. 2014: 16 (see note in bibliography).
    • Distribution: Morocco.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus confinis.

Description

References