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Aphaenogaster

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy

Aphaenogaster was named by Mayr (1853). It is extant.

It was assigned to Myrmeciinae by Scudder (1890); to Myrmicini by Wheeler (1915); to Formicidae by Pongrácz (1931), Carpenter (1992); to Myrmicinae by Zhang (1989), Grimaldi and Triplehorn (2008); to Pheidolini by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012); and to Stenammini by Ward et al. (2015), Jessen (2020).

Species

A. amphioceanica, A. antiqua, A. archaica, A. dlusskyana, A. donisthorpei, A. enspelensis, A. groehni, A. khomychi, A. mayri, A. mersa, A. oligocenica, A. praerelicta, A. ribbeckei, A. sommerfeldti, A. wennebergi

Synonyms

Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) was named by Forel (1913). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aphaenogaster by Archibald et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Aphaenogaster by Forel (1913).
Rectorhagas was named by Lin (1982).

It was synonymized subjectively with Aphaenogaster by Zhang et al. (1994).
Aphaenogaster (Sinaphaenogaster) was named by Zhang (1989). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aphaenogaster by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012).

It was assigned to Aphaenogaster by Zhang (1989).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1853	Aphaenogaster Mayr p. 107
1890	Aphaenogaster Scudder p. 615
1913	Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) Forel
1915	Aphaenogaster Wheeler
1931	Aphaenogaster Pongrácz p. 115
1982	Rectorhagas Lin p. 155
1989	Aphaenogaster Zhang p. 435
1989	Aphaenogaster (Sinaphaenogaster) Zhang p. 435 figs. Pl. 67 figs 1-4
1992	Aphaenogaster Carpenter
2003	Aphaenogaster Bolton p. 64
2008	Aphaenogaster Grimaldi and Triplehorn p. 5
2012	Aphaenogaster Bolton
2015	Aphaenogaster Ward et al. p. 77
2020	Aphaenogaster Jessen p. 1027

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Unicalcarida
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
—	Aculeata	()
superfamily	Formicoidea
family	Formicidae	()
subfamily	Myrmicinae
tribe	Stenammini
genus	Aphaenogaster	Mayr 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Aphaenogaster Mayr 1853

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†Aphaenogaster amphioceanica de Andrade 1995

†Aphaenogaster antiqua Dlussky 2002

†Aphaenogaster archaica Meunier 1915

†Aphaenogaster dlusskyana Radchenko and Perkovsky 2016

†Aphaenogaster donisthorpei Carpenter 1930

†Aphaenogaster enspelensis Jessen 2020

†Aphaenogaster groehni Radchenko 2024

†Aphaenogaster khomychi Radchenko 2025

†Aphaenogaster mayri Carpenter 1930

†Aphaenogaster mersa Wheeler 1915

†Aphaenogaster oligocenica Wheeler 1915

†Aphaenogaster praerelicta de Andrade 1995

†Aphaenogaster ribbeckei Radchenko 2024

†Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti Mayr 1868

†Aphaenogaster wennebergi Zharkov and Dubovikoff 2025

Invalid names: Deromyrma Forel 1913 [synonym], Rectorhagas Lin 1982 [synonym], Sinaphaenogaster Zhang 1989 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Russian Federation	A. dlusskyana (107340)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	A. mayri (122093)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Ukraine	A. antiqua (113621) A. sommerfeldti, A. khomychi (238338)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Germany (Halle)	A. sommerfeldti (129227)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Denmark	A. wennebergi (242225)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	A. mersa (123964) A. sommerfeldti (123764 124073 138654 138663 229453) A. sommerfeldti, A. groehni, A. ribbeckei (110735) A. sommerfeldti, A. oligocenica, A. mersa (123927)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	A. sommerfeldti (109625)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	A. mayri (113749 123119 124002 124624 124680 127617 132362) A. mayri, A. donisthorpei (106384)
MP 28	27.3 - 23.04	Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz)	A. enspelensis (211302)
MP 30	27.3 - 23.04	Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	Myrmica archaica (138696)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Germany	A. sp. (123872)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Mexico (Chiapas)	A. praerelicta (125757)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	A. amphioceanica (122474)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	China (Fujian)	A. sp. (220273)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	USA (Alaska)	A. sp. (103102)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	A. sp. (152160)