Aphaenogaster Mayr

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 31

publication ID

21008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268117

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scientific name

Aphaenogaster Mayr
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Genus Aphaenogaster Mayr View in CoL   HNS

Of the six species of this genus occurring in California, one ( A. occidentalis (Emery))   HNS is widespread in mesic habitats, four are confined to deserts, and one species ( A. patruelis Forel   HNS ) is endemic to the Channel Islands and Isla Guadalupe. All are ground-nesting ants, with somewhat generalized scavenging habits.

Species identification: keys in Creighton (1950a), Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g) and Mackay and Mackay (2002). Additional references: Creighton (1955), De Andrade (1995), Hölldobler and Carlin (1990), Hölldobler et al. (1995), Johnson (2000a, 2001), Jones and Phillips (1989), Sanders and Gordon (2002), Schulz (1994), Smith (1963c), Umphrey (1996), Wheeler and Creighton (1934).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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