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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2019)

Distribution:

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

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 9 times found in chaparral, 6 times found in grassland, 9 times found in open oakwood grassland, 6 times found in oak woodland, 2 times found in grassland/chaparral, 1 times found in open oak chapparal, 2 times found in chapparal, 1 times found in oak woods/chaparral, 2 times found in pine/oak woodland, 1 times found in dry meadow, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 39 times under rock, 5 times ground forager(s), 2 times nest in ground, 5 times ground nest, 1 times open grassland, 3 times foragers on ground, 3 times under stone, 1 times ground forager, 1 times foraging column, 1 times workers on ground, 1 times 40 cm tumulus nest with 2 entrances, sexuals outside of nest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 10 times hand collecting, 11 times Bay Area Ant Survey (BAAS), 9 times hand collected, 3 times search, 2 times direct collection.

Elevations: collected from 6 - 1219 meters, 456 meters average

Type specimens: lectotype: casent0923122; Lectotype: usnment00529071, usnment00529212; syntype of Aphaenogaster andrei: casent0919790; syntype of Messor andrei: casent0900462

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