Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Aphaenogaster andrei Mayr, 1886d PDF: 448 (w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Johnson et al., 2022 10.11646/zootaxa.5206.1.1 PDF: 12). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, San Benito County, Tres Pinos (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: NHMW. Primary type specimen: CASENT0923122 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 21 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: 12 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype; 8 paralectotype workers U.S.A.: California, no further location, iv.1884; 1 paralectotype worker California, San Mateo. Secondary type depositories: NHMW, USNM. (Source:
Johnson et al., 2022 10.11646/zootaxa.5206.1.1 PDF: 12.)
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Cresson, 1887 PDF: 260;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 98;
Emery, 1895d PDF: 306;
Wheeler, 1904e PDF: 271;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 565;
Santschi, 1911d PDF: 5;
Emery, 1915k PDF: 73;
Emery, 1921c PDF: 67;
Essig, 1926 PDF: 860;
Wheeler & Creighton, 1934 PDF: 362 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1935g: 17;
Cole, 1937a PDF: 101;
Enzmann, 1947b PDF: 152 (in key);
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 158;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 799;
Creighton, 1953a: 3;
Smith, 1956a PDF: 36 (in key);
Smith, 1958c PDF: 119;
Smith, 1967a PDF: 353;
Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 21;
Smith, 1979: 1364;
Snelling & George, 1979: 78;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 38;
Bolton, 1995b: 252;
Ward, 2005 PDF: 66;
Johnson et al., 2022 10.11646/zootaxa.5206.1.1 PDF: 12 (diagnosis).
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Mexico,
United States Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Nearctic
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 12 times found in chaparral, 9 times found in grassland, 6 times found in on swimming pool surface, 9 times found in oak woodland, 9 times found in open oakwood grassland, 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, 1 times found in in open site in grassland, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 39 times under rock, 13 times ground nest, 6 times ground forager(s), 2 times nest in ground, 3 times foragers on ground, 3 times under stone, 1 times open grassland, 2 times nest in soil, 1 times ground forager, 1 times foraging column, 1 times workers on ground, ...
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, 15-4 times Beating vegetation, largely flowering Ceanothus, 4.
Elevations: collected from 6 - 1300 meters, 474 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1920-07-02 00:00:00.0 and 2022-04-24 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: lectotype of Veromessor andrei: casent0923122; Lectotype of Veromessor andrei: usnment00529071, usnment00529212; syntype of Aphaenogaster andrei: casent0900462, casent0919790
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia