Aphaenogaster erabu
Nishizono & Yamane, 1990
valid
Aphaenogaster famelica subsp. erabu
Nishizono & Yamane, 1990:
29, figs. 1, 2, 5 (w.q.)
JAPAN.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Ryukyu Is, Kuchinoerabu-jima (Osumi Is), 21.vii.1989 (Sk. Yamane). Type depositories: not stated, only “HW”, and “SKY” (possibly KUIC, SKYC).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 149 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 7 paratype workers Honmura, 18.v.1989, 2 paratype workers, Honmura, 17.v.1989, 5 paratype workers Honmura, 19.vii.1989, 22 paratype workers Honmura, 20.vii.1989, 110 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Shin-dake, 21.vii.1989, 3 paratype workers Naka-no-shima (Tokara Is), 20-23.v.1988. Type depositories: not stated, only “HW”, and “SKY” (possibly KUIC, SKYC).
- Subspecies of Aphaenogaster famelica: Ogata, 1991b: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
- Status as species: Watanabe & Yamane, 1999: 734; Imai et al., 2003: 177.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
- Nishizono, Y.; Yamane, S. 1990. The genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Kagoshima-ken, southern Japan. [In Japanese.]. Reports of the Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University (Earth Sciences and Biology) 23:23-40. PDF
- Ogata, K. 1991b. A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Part II. Subfamily Myrmicinae. Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kyushu University 14:61-149. PDF
- Watanabe, H.; Yamane, S. 1999. New species and new status in the genus Aphaenogaster (Formicidae) from Japan. Pp. 728-736 in: Yamane, S.; Ikudome, S.; Terayama, M. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. PDF