Aphaenogaster boulderensis Smith, M.R. 1941
Aphaenogaster boulderensis Smith, M.R., 1941 Aphaenogaster ( Attomyrma ) boulderensis Smith, M.R. 1941: 120. Holotype worker and 13 worker paratypes, Sentinel Island (as Horseshoe Island), Lake Mead [36°03′N 114°45′W], Nevada (V. M. Tanner) (National Museum of Natural History) [https://www.antweb.or...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6062944 2024-09-15T18:10:58+00:00 Aphaenogaster boulderensis Smith, M.R. 1941 Shattuck, Steve Cover, Stefan 2016-12-31 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6062944 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E5E90BFF89233AFF3C9B1BFCE273F9 unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.2 http://zenodo.org/record/160280 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFDC9173FF882338FFAB9D09FFC47079 https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03E5E90BFF89233AFF3C9B1BFCE273F9 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.160281 http://zoobank.org/011B74BE-40C0-4606-9354-C637F83C3E43 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6062943 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6062944 oai:zenodo.org:6062944 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E5E90BFF89233AFF3C9B1BFCE273F9 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Taxonomy of some little-understood North American ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 10-22 in Zootaxa, 4175(1), 11-12, (2016-12-31) Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Formicidae Aphaenogaster Aphaenogaster boulderensis info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2016 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.606294410.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.210.5281/zenodo.16028110.5281/zenodo.6062943 2024-07-26T22:27:40Z Aphaenogaster boulderensis Smith, M.R., 1941 Aphaenogaster ( Attomyrma ) boulderensis Smith, M.R. 1941: 120. Holotype worker and 13 worker paratypes, Sentinel Island (as Horseshoe Island), Lake Mead [36°03′N 114°45′W], Nevada (V. M. Tanner) (National Museum of Natural History) [https://www.antweb.org/specimen/FMNHINS0000062660]. Aphaenogaster boulderensis smithi Gregg, 1949: 171. Holotype worker and 38 worker paratypes, Valley of Fires (as the Malpais Lava Beds), near Carrizozo [33°41′N 105°55′W], New Mexico (C.P. Stroud) (Field Museum of Natural History, Museum of Comparative Zoology, National Museum of Natural History) [http:// mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/ MCZ: Ent:28232] New synonym. Aphaengaster boulderensis was described by Smith (1941) based on a series of workers from Sentinel Island (as Horseshoe Island), Lake Mead, Nevada. It is a distinctive member of the North American ant fauna, being one of the few Aphaenogaster species that lacks propodeal spines (the propodeal angle being rounded and with at most a pair of low ridges). It is also characterized by its relatively elongate head and mesosoma and yellowish-brown body color, with the gaster darker in some specimens. The subspecies A. boulderensis smithi was established by Greg (1949) for workers from the Valley of Fires (as the Malpais Lava Beds), near Carrizozo, New Mexico. Gregg noted it was different from typical A. boulderensis in having a longer and more tapered head, a more elongate mesosoma with a shorter propodeum, and heavier sculpturing giving it a more opaque appearance when compared to A. boulderensis . In addition, the propodeal angle has more noticeable ridges, it lacks a minute spine on the anteroventral surface of the petiole, and it is a richer red color with a uniformly black gaster (the black extending onto the postpetiole in some specimens). Neither A. boulderensis nor A. smithi is frequently collected and Aphaenogaster smithi has received little mention in the published literature since its description. However, the scanty material ... Other/Unknown Material Horseshoe Island Zenodo |
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Aphaenogaster boulderensis Smith, M.R., 1941 Aphaenogaster ( Attomyrma ) boulderensis Smith, M.R. 1941: 120. Holotype worker and 13 worker paratypes, Sentinel Island (as Horseshoe Island), Lake Mead [36°03′N 114°45′W], Nevada (V. M. Tanner) (National Museum of Natural History) [https://www.antweb.org/specimen/FMNHINS0000062660]. Aphaenogaster boulderensis smithi Gregg, 1949: 171. Holotype worker and 38 worker paratypes, Valley of Fires (as the Malpais Lava Beds), near Carrizozo [33°41′N 105°55′W], New Mexico (C.P. Stroud) (Field Museum of Natural History, Museum of Comparative Zoology, National Museum of Natural History) [http:// mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/ MCZ: Ent:28232] New synonym. Aphaengaster boulderensis was described by Smith (1941) based on a series of workers from Sentinel Island (as Horseshoe Island), Lake Mead, Nevada. It is a distinctive member of the North American ant fauna, being one of the few Aphaenogaster species that lacks propodeal spines (the propodeal angle being rounded and with at most a pair of low ridges). It is also characterized by its relatively elongate head and mesosoma and yellowish-brown body color, with the gaster darker in some specimens. The subspecies A. boulderensis smithi was established by Greg (1949) for workers from the Valley of Fires (as the Malpais Lava Beds), near Carrizozo, New Mexico. Gregg noted it was different from typical A. boulderensis in having a longer and more tapered head, a more elongate mesosoma with a shorter propodeum, and heavier sculpturing giving it a more opaque appearance when compared to A. boulderensis . In addition, the propodeal angle has more noticeable ridges, it lacks a minute spine on the anteroventral surface of the petiole, and it is a richer red color with a uniformly black gaster (the black extending onto the postpetiole in some specimens). Neither A. boulderensis nor A. smithi is frequently collected and Aphaenogaster smithi has received little mention in the published literature since its description. However, the scanty material ... |
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Taxonomy of some little-understood North American ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 10-22 in Zootaxa, 4175(1), 11-12, (2016-12-31) |
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