Aphaenogaster Mayr

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

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Genus Aphaenogaster Mayr View in CoL

Of the six species of this genus occurring in California, one ( A. occidentalis (Emery)) is widespread in mesic habitats, four are confined to deserts, and one species ( A. patruelis Forel ) is endemic to the Channel Islands and Isla Guadalupe. All are groundnesting 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).

References

De Andrade, M. L. (1995) The ant genus Aphaenogaster in Dominican and Mexican amber (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. IX: Pheidolini). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Palaontologie), 223, 1 - 11.

Holldobler, B., Oldham, N. J., Morgan, E. D. & Konig, W. A. (1995) Recruitment pheromones in the ants Aphaenogaster albisetosus and A. cockerelli (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 41, 739 - 744.

Creighton, W. S. (1950 a) The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 104, 1 - 585.

Holldobler, B. & Carlin, N. F. (1990 ( 1989 )) Colony founding, queen control and worker reproduction in the ant Aphaenogaster (Novomessor) cockerelli (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge), 96, 131 - 151.

Johnson, R. A. (2000 a) Seed-harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of North America: an overview of ecology and biogeography. Sociobiology, 36, 89 - 122 + 83 - 88.

Johnson, R. A. (2001) Biogeography and community structure of North American seed-harvesting ants. Annual Review of Entomology, 46, 1 - 29.

Jones, S. R. & Phillips, S. A., Jr. (1989) Superiority of Aphaenogaster occidentalis in confrontations with Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Entomological News, 100, 173 - 175.

Mackay, W. & Mackay, E. (2002) The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, 400 pp.

Sanders, N. J. & Gordon, D. M. (2002) Resources and the flexible allocation of work in the desert ant, Aphaenogaster cockerelli. Insectes Sociaux, 49, 371 - 379.

Schulz, A. (1994) Aphaenogaster graeca nova species (Hym: Formicidae) aus dem Olymp-Gebirge (Griechenland) und eine Gliederung der Gattung Aphaenogaster. Beitrage zur Entomologie, 44, 417 - 429.

Smith, M. R. (1963 c) A new species of Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) from the western United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 71, 244 - 246.

Umphrey, G. J. (1996) Morphometric discrimination among sibling species in the fulva - rudis - texana complex of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74, 528 - 559.

Wheeler, W. M. & Creighton, W. S. (1934) A study of the ant genera Novomessor and Veromessor. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 69, 341 - 387.

Wheeler, G. C. & Wheeler, J. (1986 g) The ants of Nevada. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, vii + 138 pp.