Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853c PDF: 108 (w.q.) ITALY (Sardinia). Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype worker(s) (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Italy: Sardinia (no collector’s name), “sent by E.R. von Sismonda” of Turin University. Primary type depository: unknown (possibly MRSN or NHMW).
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Junior synonym of
Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa:
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 86;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 165;
Roger, 1859 PDF: 255;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 66 (in key);
Roger, 1863b PDF: 29;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 397;
André, 1874c: 204 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 462;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 107;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 721.
Subspecies of
Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa:
Emery, 1878: 53 (footnote);
Krausse, 1912c PDF: 163;
Emery, 1916a PDF: 131;
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 245;
Emery, 1921c PDF: 62;
Menozzi, 1922c PDF: 326;
Emery, 1924c PDF: 164;
Santschi, 1925g PDF: 341;
Santschi, 1931a: 3;
Santschi, 1932e PDF: 70;
Ceballos, 1956: 299.
Status as species:
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 466 (redescription);
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 161;
Santschi, 1933d PDF: 396 (redescription);
Grandi, 1935 PDF: 99;
Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 100;
Yarrow, 1967 PDF: 26;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 132 (redescription);
Yarrow, 1967 PDF: 26;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 44;
Baroni Urbani, 1974a PDF: 226;
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 80 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b: 72;
Poldi et al., 1995: 3;
Cagniant, 1996a: 76;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 29;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 13 (in key);
Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 196;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 486;
Boer, 2013 PDF: 81 (redescription);
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 18 (see note in bibliography);
Lebas et al., 2016: 248;
Gómez et al., 2018 10.13102/sociobiology.v65i2.2099 PDF: 221 (in key).
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Canary Islands,
Morocco Europe: Balearic Islands,
France,
Gibraltar,
Italy,
Portugal,
Slovakia,
Spain Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
Azores
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in Urbano, 2 times found in Encinar (Dehesa), 3 times found in Pinar, 2 times found in Pinus halepensis+pistacea lentiscus, 1 times found in Q. ilex+C. siliqua, 3 times found in maquis shrubland, 2 times found in Parque, 1 times found in Gardens, 2 times found in Campo de labranza, 1 times found in Ruderal borde carretera, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 4 times nbp, 6 times Forrajeando, 3 times Foraging, 3 times foraging on the ground, 2 times Nido, 1 times under stone, 1 times under log (-10-0 cm), 1 times under flat stone, 1 times open (-30-0 cm), 1 times on ground, 1 times Bajo piedra, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 29 times Hand, 7 times search, 3 times Net, 3 times Pitfall.
Elevations: collected from 5 - 1250 meters, 400 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1927-05-28 00:00:00.0 and 2017-05-26 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Aphaenogaster senilis grata: casent0913126; syntype of Aphaenogaster senilis occidua: casent0913127; syntype of Aphaenogaster senilis acoreensis: casent0913124; type of Aphaenogaster senilis occidua: focol1238, focol1239
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