Aphaenogaster

Aphaenogaster are monomorphic ants with thin workers not too different from the thin minor workers of many species of the Pheidole genus. However the Aphaenogaster workers at around 6 millimeters (and larger) are generally larger than those of the larger typical Pheidole species with minor workers measuring around 3 millimeters (TL).

Aphaenogaster worker carrying the pupa of a gyne.

Taxonomy

(no rank) Root 1

(Top Node) Cellular organism 131567
Superkingdom: Eukaryota 2759 [Domain]
(no rank) Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
(no rank) Eumetazoa 6072
(no rank) Bilateria 33213
(no rank) Coelomata 33316
(no rank) Protosomia 33317
(no rank) Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
(no rank) Mandibulata 197563
(no rank) Pancrustacea 197562
Superclass: Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
(no rank) Dicondylia 85512
(no rank) Pterygota 7496
Subclass: Neoptera 33340
Infraclass: Endopterygota 33392
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
(no rank) Apocrita 7400
Suborder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Vespoidea 34725
Family: Formicidae 36668

Subfamily: Myrmicinae 34695
Tribe: Pheidolini 144015

Genus: Apjaemogaster 165430

Last Updated: 2016 09 08
First Posted: 2016 09 08

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