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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2019)

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Aphaenogaster carolinensis (North Carolina, USA).
Image copyright Alex Wild.

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Canada, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic

Distribution Notes:

Statewide

Biology:

Mesic forest, oak woodland, prairie edge, parks, campuses

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 246 times found in deciduous forest, 147 times found in pine flatwoods, 126 times found in oak-hickory forest in Black Belt Prairie, 92 times found in mixed forest, 47 times found in mixed flatwoods, 8 times found in hardwood forest, 36 times found in Black Belt Prairie, 28 times found in upland hardwood forest, 25 times found in nest in sandy bank of creek in deciduous forest, 17 times found in bottomland hardwood forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 32 times leaf litter, 20 times soil and litter, 19 times litter, 9 times litter and soil, 1 times sifted litter from forest floor, 1 times nest under tile, 2 times ex sifted leaf litter, 2 times under stone, 2 times under rock, 2 times soil, 1 times sifted leaf litter, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 527 times pitfall trap, 186 times Berlese funnel, 185 times general collecting, 51 times pitfall traps, 15 times Lindgren funnel trap, 15 times Berlese, 0 times pitfall trap peripheral to cultivated cotton, 6 times Lindgren funnel trap baited with Typosan, 2 times Winkler, 0 times hardwood litter, 4 times sifting leaf litter, ...

Elevations: collected from 5 - 716 meters, 225 meters average

Type specimens:

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