Genus Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853

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• Aphaenogaster Mayr, G.L. 1853. Beiträge der Kenntniss der Ameisen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 3: Abhand. 105-114 [107].

  Type species:

   Aphaenogaster sardoa Mayr, 1853 by subsequent designation, see Bingham, C.T. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Ants and cuckoo-wasps. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2 507 pp. 1 pl.
• Nystalomyrma Wheeler, W.M. 1916. The Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 213-223 pls 21-22 [23 Dec. 1916] [215 pls 21-22] [described with subgeneric rank in Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853].

  Type species:

   Myrmica longiceps F. Smith, 1858 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1973. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. pp. 161–185 in Meggers, B.J., Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. (eds) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press. [177]

 

Introduction

Nests with large funnel-shaped entrances are typical for this Aphaenogaster (Shattuck, 2008)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South Neotropical, Nearctic, Palaearctic, Malagasy and Oriental Regions; New Guinea in Australian Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Mulga Lands (ML) ; NT, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP)

Distribution References

General References

Shattuck, S.O. 2008. Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1677: 25-45

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Aug-2012		25-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		25-May-2010	MODIFIED