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Wheeler &amp;
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Wheeler &amp;
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, fig. 1.
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worker:
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|
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1914 | W. M.
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|| Wm. M. Wheeler || M.C.Z | CoType | 13 | 20618 (
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) (Image examined, http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/Species_record.php?id=17989). The
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locality Petra is now placed in
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.
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<emphasis id="B971E56AFFE6FFC4FF69F2C5404CBBFF" bold="true" box="[199,512,386,411]" pageId="15">Other material examined.</emphasis>
One worker:
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| Arad |
<date id="FFBB1FB8FFE6FFC4FCC5F2C441A3BBFF" box="[875,1007,387,411]" pageId="15" value="1981-04-21">21 IV 1981</date>
| A. FREIDBERG ||
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| philippsi Wheeler [sic! spelling error] | J. Kugler det. 1982 ||
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(E) | 1017816 || ANTWEB | CASENT | 0
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<taxonomicName id="4C0542FBFFE6FFC4FEBBF28D406EBB87" box="[277,546,458,483]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aphaenogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phillipsi">Aphaenogaster phillipsi</taxonomicName>
(
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). The same specimen is imaged on AntWeb (http://www.antweb.org/ specimen/casent0280962; image by Michele Esposito; accessed
<date id="FFBB1FB8FFE6FFC4FCC7F2A8465EB863" box="[873,1042,495,519]" pageId="15" value="2014-08-07">7 August 2014</date>
).
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Measurements: Worker (n = 1): HL: 1,630; HW: 0.995; TL: 0.8; GL: 0.525; CW: 0.190; FLW: 0.346: SL: 2.431; EL: 0.257; EW: 0.207; ML: 2.290; PSL: 0.234; SDL: 0.215; HTL: 2.250; PL: 0.654; PPL: 0.520;
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: 0.419; PPH: 0.369; PNW: 0.749; DPSB: 0.302; DPST: 0.285; PW: 0.268; PPW: 0.369; CI: 61; CL: 19.1; FLI: 54.9; SI1: 148.5; SI2: 243.3; PI1: 156.1; PI2: 65.7; PPI1: 140.9; PPI2: 37.1; SPI1: 23.5; SPI2: 108.8; HTI: 226.1; MI: 305.7; PSI: 122.2; TGI: 152.4.
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Head and thorax yellow. Abdomen yellow, first tergite in posterior 2/3 length brown. Mandibles, antennae and legs yellow (
<figureCitation id="133E25FDFFE6FFC4FE88F1AD43E2B967" box="[294,430,746,771]" captionStart="FIGURES 11 12" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1587,1610]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,340,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[264,1323,339,1566]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 11 12. Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler &amp; Mann. 11, Worker dorsal. 12, Worker lateral (scale bar = 1 mm); 13 14. Base of first abdominal sternie. 13, Aphaenogaster jolantae sp. nov. 14, Aphaenogaster olympica sp. nov. (scale bar = 0.3 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228400/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Figs. 11, 12</figureCitation>
).
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Head posterior to eyes with straight sides strongly narrowed posteriad, at base forming narrow neck margined by sharp, high collar, head width/neck width ratio 2.39, tempora length/genae length ratio 1.76 (
<figureCitation id="133E25FDFFE6FFC4FB7AF0754765B92F" box="[1236,1321,818,843]" captionStart="FIGURES 21 26" captionStartId="18.[151,264,1552,1575]" captionTargetBox="[168,1434,223,1503]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[168,1453,223,1505]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 21 26. Head. 21, Aphaenogaster cecconii Emery. 22, Aphaenogaster lykiaensis sp. nov. 23, Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler &amp; Mann. 24, Aphaenogaster jolantae sp. nov. 25, Aphaenogaster olympica sp. nov. 26, Aphaenogaster equestris sp. nov. (scale bar = 0.5 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228402/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
). Anterior margin of clypeus straight. Eyes small, 0.41 times as long as length of tempora. Scapes elongate and slim, 2.22 times as long as width of head, at base 0.67 times as wide as in apex, gradually widened, straight, only apex slightly bent down without preapical constriction (
<figureCitation id="133E25FDFFE6FFC4FD2FF0D94095B9D3" box="[641,729,926,951]" captionStart="FIGURES 15 20" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1940,1963]" captionTargetBox="[274,1308,761,1910]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[274,1309,761,1910]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 15 20. Head and antennae. 15, Aphaenogaster cecconii Emery. 1 6, Aphaenogaster lykiaensis sp. nov. 17, Aphaenogaster jolantae sp. nov. 18, Aphaenogaster equestris sp. nov. 19, Aphaenogaster olympica sp. nov. 20, Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler &amp; Mann. (scale bar = 1 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228401/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
). Surface of scape shiny, covered with very short and sparse adherent setae, only on apex of scape pubescence slightly raised from the ground.
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Promesonotum 2.1 times as long as wide, pronotum regularly convex in profile. Propodeum elongate, 1.41 times as long as wide, propodeal spines short, spiniform, runs obliquely upwards (
<figureCitation id="133E25FDFFE6FFC4FBECF74D46DBBE47" box="[1090,1175,1034,1059]" captionStart="FIGURES 11 12" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1587,1610]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,340,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[264,1323,339,1566]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 11 12. Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler &amp; Mann. 11, Worker dorsal. 12, Worker lateral (scale bar = 1 mm); 13 14. Base of first abdominal sternie. 13, Aphaenogaster jolantae sp. nov. 14, Aphaenogaster olympica sp. nov. (scale bar = 0.3 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228400/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
). Petiole elongate with long peduncle, its anterior face deeply concave, node rounded. Posterior face straight in anterior 3/4 length then shallowly concave. Ventral margin of petiole without spine or distinct angulation (
<figureCitation id="133E25FDFFE6FFC4FB96F71546C0BE0F" box="[1080,1164,1106,1131]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 10" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1503,1526]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,193,1481]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1323,193,1482]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 9 10. Aphaenogaster olympica sp. nov. 9, Worker dorsal. 10, Worker lateral (scale bar = 1 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228399/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
). In dorsal view, petiole almost parallel sided before petiolar node, then globular. Postpetiole in profile regularly rounded. In dorsal view postpetiole 1.5 times as long as wide with regularly rounded sides (
<figureCitation id="133E25FDFFE6FFC4FC26F7DD4196BED7" box="[904,986,1178,1203]" captionStart="FIGURES 11 12" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1587,1610]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,340,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[264,1323,339,1566]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 11 12. Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler &amp; Mann. 11, Worker dorsal. 12, Worker lateral (scale bar = 1 mm); 13 14. Base of first abdominal sternie. 13, Aphaenogaster jolantae sp. nov. 14, Aphaenogaster olympica sp. nov. (scale bar = 0.3 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228400/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
).
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Mandibles elongate, with outer edges staright, dorsal surface with distinct striation and six setose punctures, shiny, inner margin with 8 small teeth. Clypeus only on sides with 23 thin oblique rugae, central part without sculpture, shiny. Frontal carinae short, not extending to the line connecting anterior margin of eyes, subparallel, interantennal area deeply impressed, smooth and shiny, frontal triangle with few, short, thin longitudinal rugae but shiny between rugosities. Frons only in dorsal part with thin longitudinal rugae, central part microreticulate but shiny. Gena, central part of head, tempora and base of head with indistinct microreticulation, shiny. Entire pronotum with diffused microreticulation, shiny, with 10 long setae. Mesonotum on top and sides slightly microgranulate, sides with few thin, oblique rugae, propodeum with slightly granulate sculpture, below spiracles with two short, thin, longitudinal rugae, top in anterior part with fine transverse wrinkles but surface of both mesonotum and propodeum appears slightly shiny (
<figureCitation id="133E25FDFFE6FFC4FD73F5454162BC7F" box="[733,814,1538,1563]" captionStart="FIGURES 11 12" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1587,1610]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,340,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[264,1323,339,1566]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 11 12. Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler &amp; Mann. 11, Worker dorsal. 12, Worker lateral (scale bar = 1 mm); 13 14. Base of first abdominal sternie. 13, Aphaenogaster jolantae sp. nov. 14, Aphaenogaster olympica sp. nov. (scale bar = 0.3 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228400/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). Top of mesosoma and propodeum each with a pair of short setae, slightly shorter than propodeal spines. Petiole and postpetiole on almost entire surface microreticulate but without wrinkles, appearing shiny, covered with several sparse, long setae. Gaster shiny, without microreticulation, tergites with sparse, long, erect setae 1.5 times as long as propodeal spines.
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Legs very long, hind femora 1.25 times as long as thorax, hind tibiae 0.8 times as long as hind femora, hind tarsi 1.1 times as long as hind femora. Surface of legs shiny, fore tibiae only on ventral surface covered with very short and adherent pubescence, femora and mid- and hind tibiae completely without pubescence (
<figureCitation id="133E25FDFFE6FFC4FB75F59D4763BC97" box="[1243,1327,1754,1779]" captionStart="FIGURES 11 12" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1587,1610]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,340,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[264,1323,339,1566]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 11 12. Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler &amp; Mann. 11, Worker dorsal. 12, Worker lateral (scale bar = 1 mm); 13 14. Base of first abdominal sternie. 13, Aphaenogaster jolantae sp. nov. 14, Aphaenogaster olympica sp. nov. (scale bar = 0.3 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228400/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B971E56AFFE6FFC4FF69F5B943CCBD73" bold="true" box="[199,384,1790,1815]" pageId="15">Biological data.</emphasis>
Nothing is known about the biology of this species.
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<subSubSection id="C31F6AF3FFE6FFC4FF69F46543E2BDC3" pageId="15" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BBA3978FFE6FFC4FF69F46543E2BDC3" blockId="15.[151,1437,278,2031]" pageId="15">
<emphasis id="B971E56AFFE6FFC4FF69F465432CBD5F" bold="true" box="[199,352,1826,1851]" pageId="15">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F31279E8FFE6FFC4FEDCF465438DBD5F" box="[370,449,1826,1851]" name="Jordan" pageId="15">Jordan</collectingCountry>
: Petra (
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locality);
<collectingCountry id="F31279E8FFE6FFC4FD4BF465416BBD5F" box="[741,807,1826,1851]" name="Israel" pageId="15">Israel</collectingCountry>
: Judean Hills, Judean Desert and northern Negev (
<bibRefCitation id="EF944489FFE6FFC4FF30F4014331BD3B" author="Bodenheimer" box="[158,381,1862,1887]" pageId="15" refString="Bodenheimer, F. S. (1937) Prodromus Faunae Palestinae. Essai sur les elements zoogeographiques et historiques du Sud-Quest de sous-regne Palearctique. Memoires presentes a l'Institut d'egypte, 43, 1 - 286." type="journal article" year="1937">Bodenheimer 1937</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EF944489FFE6FFC4FE25F4014053BD3B" author="Kugler" box="[395,543,1862,1887]" pageId="15" refString="Kugler, J. (1988) The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. In: Yom-Tov, Y. &amp; Tchernov, E. (Eds.), The zoogeography of Israel. Dr W Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 251 - 275." type="book chapter" year="1988">Kugler 1988</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EF944489FFE6FFC4FD83F40141E7BD3B" author="Vonshak" box="[557,939,1862,1887]" pageId="15" refString="Vonshak, M. &amp; Ionescu-Hirsch, A. (2010) A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology, 39, 33 - 55. [2009]" type="journal article" year="2010">Vonshak &amp; Ionescu-Hirsch 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Also recorded from
<collectingCountry id="F31279E8FFE6FFC4FB00F40046BDBD3B" box="[1198,1265,1863,1887]" name="Egypt" pageId="15">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF944489FFE6FFC4FAADF40147D4BD3B" author="Kugler" box="[1283,1432,1862,1887]" pageId="15" refString="Kugler, J. (1988) The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. In: Yom-Tov, Y. &amp; Tchernov, E. (Eds.), The zoogeography of Israel. Dr W Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 251 - 275." type="book chapter" year="1988">Kugler 1988</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EF944489FFE6FFC4FF39F42D43C4BDE7" author="Mohamed" box="[151,392,1898,1923]" pageId="15" refString="Mohamed, S., Zalat, S., Fadl, H., Gadalla, S. &amp; Sharaf, M. (2001) Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta Region, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 3, 40 - 61." type="journal article" year="2001">Mohamed et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
) but according to
<bibRefCitation id="EF944489FFE6FFC4FDF8F42D40BDBDE7" author="Taylor" box="[598,753,1898,1923]" pageId="15" refString="Taylor, B. (2010) The Ants of Egypt, with additional material from Mostafa Sharaf. Available from: http: // www. nottingham. ac. uk / ~ plzfg / ants / ants _ of _ egypt _ 2007 / cover. htm (accessed June 2010)" type="journal article" year="2010">Taylor (2010)</bibRefCitation>
the record was based on misidentification of
<taxonomicName id="4C0542FBFFE6FFC4FB5CF42C43E6BDC3" authority="Roger, 1859" authorityName="Roger" authorityYear="1859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aphaenogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="splendida">
<emphasis id="B971E56AFFE6FFC4FB5CF42C4348BDC2" italics="true" pageId="15">Aphaenogaster splendida</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF944489FFE6FFC4FEBCF4C843EDBDC3" author="Roger" box="[274,417,1934,1959]" pageId="15" refString="Roger, J. (1859) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerlander. I. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 3, 225 - 259. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18590030209" type="journal article" year="1859">Roger, 1859</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C31F6AF3FFE6FFDBFF69F4F54606BB79" lastPageId="16" pageId="15" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BBA3978FFE6FFDBFF69F4F54606BB79" blockId="15.[151,1437,278,2031]" lastBlockId="16.[151,1436,151,285]" lastPageId="16" pageId="15">
<emphasis id="B971E56AFFE6FFC4FF69F4F54300BDAF" bold="true" box="[199,332,1970,1995]" pageId="15">Discussion.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C0542FBFFE6FFC4FEFDF4F44013BDAF" box="[339,607,1971,1995]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aphaenogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phillipsi">
<emphasis id="B971E56AFFE6FFC4FEFDF4F44013BDAF" box="[339,607,1971,1995]" italics="true" pageId="15">Aphaenogaster phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily distinguished from other species of the group by the pale, mostly yellow to partly rusty yellow body with only the first gastral tergite partly brown.
<taxonomicName id="4C0542FBFFE6FFC4FB9BF4914707BD8A" box="[1077,1355,2006,2030]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aphaenogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="equestris">
<emphasis id="B971E56AFFE6FFC4FB9BF4914707BD8A" box="[1077,1355,2006,2030]" italics="true" pageId="15">Aphaenogaster equestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at first glance is the most similar species, especially because of its mostly rusty yellow coloration, but differs in the head being elongately oval, without a basal constriction and a flared collar, and the frons has a triangular brown spot with diffused borders.
<taxonomicName id="4C0542FBFFF9FFDBFE32F3A740F9BA93" box="[412,693,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aphaenogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="equestris">
<emphasis id="B971E56AFFF9FFDBFE32F3A740F9BA93" box="[412,693,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="16">Aphaenogaster equestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is more distinctly microsculptured, with parts of the thorax and head more or less opaque, while
<taxonomicName id="4C0542FBFFF9FFDBFDA8F24340CEBB78" box="[518,642,260,284]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aphaenogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phillipsi">
<emphasis id="B971E56AFFF9FFDBFDA8F24340CEBB78" box="[518,642,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="16">A. phillipsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at first glance appears completely shiny.
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