Aphaenogaster Mayr 1853 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms: Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) Forel 1913, Aphaenogaster (Sinaphaenogaster) Zhang 1989, Deromyrma Forel 1913, Rectorhagas Lin 1982, Sinaphaenogaster Zhang 1989

Parent taxon: Stenammini according to K. Jessen 2020

See also Archibald et al. 2006, Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Carpenter 1992, Fujiyama 1970, Grimaldi and Triplehorn 2008, Pongrácz 1931, Scudder 1890, Ward et al. 2015, Wheeler 1915, Zhang 1989 and Zhang et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Goniomma, Messor, Paraphaenogaster, Stenamma, Veromessor

Subtaxa: Aphaenogaster amphioceanica Aphaenogaster antiqua Aphaenogaster archaica Aphaenogaster dlusskyana Aphaenogaster donisthorpei Aphaenogaster enspelensis Aphaenogaster mayri Aphaenogaster mersa Aphaenogaster oligocenica Aphaenogaster praerelicta Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)

• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Oligocene of Germany (2)

• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Ukraine (1), United States (9: Colorado)

Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences

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