Aphaenogaster Miniata
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''Aphaenogaster'' is a genus of myrmicine ants in the tribe Stenammini. About 200 species have been described, including 18 fossil species. They occur worldwide except in South America south of Colombia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Antarctica. ''Aphaenogaster'' colonies have monomorphic workers. They have four-segmented antennal clubs and 12-segmented antennae.Genus ''Aphaenogaster''
In Australia, they often build dense, conspicuous nests.Richards, P.J. (2009) ''Aphaenogaster'' ants as bioturbators: impacts on soil and slope processes. Earth-Science Reviews 96: 92-106. Nest entrances are generally funnel-shaped with diameters up to 4 cm, which resulted in the common name funnel ants. These nests can be a serious problem for golfers or on pastures and unsealed airstrips, because the fragile surface easily collapses under pressure. Where it occurs, ''Aphaenogaster'' bioturbation is an important soil and landscape process. ''Aphaenogaster'' ants probably get most of their food from tended aphids on the roots of plants, which explains that they are rarely seen on the surface. The funnel-shaped openings could play a role in trapping arthropods, which are also eaten.


Species

*''Aphaenogaster aktaci, A. aktaci'' Kiran & Tezcan, 2008 *†''Aphaenogaster amphioceanica, A. amphioceanica'' De Andrade, 1995 *''Aphaenogaster angulata, A. angulata'' Viehmeyer, 1922 *''Aphaenogaster annandalei, A. annandalei'' Mukerjee, 1930 *†''Aphaenogaster antiqua, A. antiqua'' Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002 *''Aphaenogaster araneoides, A. araneoides'' Emery, 1890 *†''Aphaenogaster archaica, A. archaica'' (Meunier, 1915) *''Aphaenogaster ashmeadi, A. ashmeadi'' (Emery, 1895) *''Aphaenogaster atlantis, A. atlantis'' Santschi, 1929 *†''Aphaenogaster avita, A. avita'' Fujiyama, 1970 *''Aphaenogaster balcanica, A. balcanica'' (Emery, 1898) *''Aphaenogaster balcanicoides, A. balcanicoides'' Boer, 2013 *''Aphaenogaster baogong, A. baogong'' Terayama, 2009 *''Aphaenogaster barbara, A. barbara'' Shattuck, 2008 *''Aphaenogaster barbigula, A. barbigula'' Wheeler, 1916 *''Aphaenogaster baronii, A. baronii'' Cagniant, 1988 *''Aphaenogaster beccarii, A. beccarii'' Emery, 1887 *''Aphaenogaster beesoni, A. beesoni'' Donisthorpe, 1933 *''Aphaenogaster boulderensis, A. boulderensis'' Smith, 1941 *''Aphaenogaster burri, A. burri'' (Donisthorpe, 1950) *''Aphaenogaster caeciliae, A. caeciliae'' Viehmeyer, 1922 *''Aphaenogaster campana, A. campana'' Emery, 1878 *''Aphaenogaster cardenai, A. cardenai'' Espadaler, 1981 *''Aphaenogaster carolinensis, A. carolinensis'' Wheeler, 1915 *''Aphaenogaster cavernicola, A. cavernicola'' Donisthorpe, 1938 *''Aphaenogaster cecconii, A. cecconii'' Emery, 1894 *''Aphaenogaster concolor, A. concolor'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *''Aphaenogaster cristata, A. cristata'' (Forel, 1902) *''Aphaenogaster crocea, A. crocea'' André, 1881 *''Aphaenogaster curiosa, A. curiosa'' Santschi, 1933 *''Aphaenogaster dejeani, A. dejeani'' Cagniant, 1982 *''Aphaenogaster depilis, A. depilis'' Santschi, 1911 *''Aphaenogaster depressa, A. depressa'' Bolton, 1995 *†''Aphaenogaster dlusskyana, A. dlusskyana'' Radchenko & Perkovsky, 2016 *''Aphaenogaster dlusskyi, A. dlusskyi'' Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991 *''Aphaenogaster donann, A. donann'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *†''Aphaenogaster donisthorpei, A. donisthorpei'' Carpenter, 1930 *''Aphaenogaster dromedaria, A. dromedaria'' (Emery, 1900) *''Aphaenogaster dulciniae, A. dulciniae'' Emery, 1924 *†''Aphaenogaster dumetora, A. dumetora'' (Lin, 1982) *''Aphaenogaster edentula, A. edentula'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *''Aphaenogaster epirotes, A. epirotes'' (Emery, 1895) *''Aphaenogaster erabu, A. erabu'' Nishizono & Yamane, 1990 *''Aphaenogaster espadaleri, A. espadaleri'' Cagniant, 1984 *''Aphaenogaster exasperata, A. exasperata'' Wheeler, 1921 *''Aphaenogaster fabulosa, A. fabulosa'' Arnol'di, 1968 *''Aphaenogaster fallax, A. fallax'' Cagniant, 1992 *''Aphaenogaster famelica, A. famelica'' (Smith, 1874) *''Aphaenogaster faureli, A. faureli'' Cagniant, 1969 *''Aphaenogaster feae, A. feae'' Emery, 1889 *''Aphaenogaster fengbo, A. fengbo'' Terayama, 2009 *''Aphaenogaster festae, A. festae'' Emery, 1915 *''Aphaenogaster finzii, A. finzii'' Müller, 1921 *''Aphaenogaster flemingi, A. flemingi'' Smith, 1928 *''Aphaenogaster floridana, A. floridana'' Smith, 1941 *''Aphaenogaster foreli, A. foreli'' Cagniant, 1996 *''Aphaenogaster friederichsi, A. friederichsi'' Forel, 1918 *''Aphaenogaster fulva, A. fulva'' Roger, 1863 *''Aphaenogaster geei, A. geei'' Wheeler, 1921 *''Aphaenogaster gemella, A. gemella'' (Roger, 1862) *''Aphaenogaster georgica, A. georgica'' Arnol'di, 1968 *''Aphaenogaster gibbosa, A. gibbosa'' (Latreille, 1798) *''Aphaenogaster gonacantha, A. gonacantha'' (Emery, 1899) *''Aphaenogaster gracillima, A. gracillima'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *''Aphaenogaster graeca, A. graeca'' Schulz, 1994 *''Aphaenogaster haarlovi, A. haarlovi'' Collingwood, 1961 *''Aphaenogaster hesperia, A. hesperia'' Santschi, 1911 *''Aphaenogaster holtzi, A. holtzi'' (Emery, 1898) *''Aphaenogaster honduriana, A. honduriana'' Mann, 1922 *''Aphaenogaster huachucana, A. huachucana'' Creighton, 1934 *''Aphaenogaster hunanensis, A. hunanensis'' Wu & Wang, 1992 *''Aphaenogaster iberica, A. iberica'' Emery, 1908 *''Aphaenogaster incurviclypea, A. incurviclypea'' Wang & Zheng, 1997 *''Aphaenogaster inermita, A. inermita'' Bolton, 1995 *''Aphaenogaster iranica, A. iranica'' Kiran & Alipanah, 2013 *''Aphaenogaster irrigua, A. irrigua'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *''Aphaenogaster isekram, A. isekram'' Bernard, 1977 *''Aphaenogaster italica, A. italica'' Bondroit, 1918 *''Aphaenogaster januschevi, A. januschevi'' Arnol'di, 1976 *''Aphaenogaster japonica, A. japonica'' Forel, 1911 *''Aphaenogaster karpathica, A. karpathica'' Boer, 2013 *''Aphaenogaster kervillei, A. kervillei'' Forel, 1910 *''Aphaenogaster kimberleyensis, A. kimberleyensis'' Shattuck, 2008 *''Aphaenogaster koniari, A. koniari'' Cagniant & Galkowski, 2013 *''Aphaenogaster kumejimana, A. kumejimana'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *''Aphaenogaster kurdica, A. kurdica'' Ruzsky, 1905 *''Aphaenogaster laevior, A. laevior'' Emery, 1887 *''Aphaenogaster lamellidens, A. lamellidens'' Mayr, 1886 *†''Aphaenogaster lapidescens, A. lapidescens'' Zhang, 1989 *''Aphaenogaster ledouxi, A. ledouxi'' Tohmé, 1969 *''Aphaenogaster lepida, A. lepida'' Wheeler, 1930 *''Aphaenogaster lesbica, A. lesbica'' Forel, 1913 *''Aphaenogaster leveillei, A. leveillei'' Emery, 1881 * †''Aphaenogaster longaeva, A.? longaeva'' (Scudder, 1877) *''Aphaenogaster longiceps, A. longiceps'' (Smith, 1858) *''Aphaenogaster loriai, A. loriai'' (Emery, 1897) *''Aphaenogaster lustrans, A. lustrans'' Smith, 1961 *''Aphaenogaster luteipes, A. luteipes'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *†''Aphaenogaster maculata, A. maculata'' Théobald, 1937 *''Aphaenogaster maculifrons, A. maculifrons'' Kiran & Tezcan, 2008 *†''Aphaenogaster maculipes, A. maculipes'' Théobald, 1937 *''Aphaenogaster mariae, A. mariae'' Forel, 1886 *''Aphaenogaster mauritanica, A. mauritanica'' Dalla Torre, 1893 *†''Aphaenogaster mayri, A. mayri'' Carpenter, 1930 *''Aphaenogaster mediterrae, A. mediterrae'' Shattuck, 2008 *''Aphaenogaster megommata, A. megommata'' Smith, 1963 *''Aphaenogaster melitensis, A. melitensis'' Santschi, 1933 *†''Aphaenogaster mersa, A. mersa'' Wheeler, 1915 *''Aphaenogaster messoroides, A. messoroides'' Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 *''Aphaenogaster mexicana, A. mexicana'' (Pergande, 1896) *''Aphaenogaster miamiana, A. miamiana'' Wheeler, 1932 *''Aphaenogaster miniata, A. miniata'' Cagniant, 1990 *''Aphaenogaster minutula, A. minutula'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *''Aphaenogaster muelleriana, A. muelleriana'' Wolf, 1915 *''Aphaenogaster mutica, A. mutica'' Pergande, 1896 *''Aphaenogaster nadigi, A. nadigi'' Santschi, 1923 *''Aphaenogaster obsidiana, A. obsidiana'' (Mayr, 1861) *''Aphaenogaster occidentalis, A. occidentalis'' (Emery, 1895) *†''Aphaenogaster oligocenica, A. oligocenica'' Wheeler, 1915 *''Aphaenogaster opposita, A. opposita'' (Say, 1836) *''Aphaenogaster osimensis, A. osimensis'' Teranishi, 1940 *''Aphaenogaster ovaticeps, A. ovaticeps'' (Emery, 1898) *''Aphaenogaster pallescens, A. pallescens'' Walker, 1871 *''Aphaenogaster pallida, A. pallida'' (Nylander, 1849) *†''Aphaenogaster paludosa, A. paludosa'' Zhang, 1989 *†''Aphaenogaster pannonica, A. pannonica'' Bachmayer, 1960 *''Aphaenogaster patruelis, A. patruelis'' Forel, 1886 *''Aphaenogaster perplexa, A. perplexa'' Smith, 1961 *''Aphaenogaster phalangium, A. phalangium'' Emery, 1890 *''Aphaenogaster phillipsi, A. phillipsi'' Wheeler & Mann, 1916 *''Aphaenogaster picea, A. picea'' (Wheeler, 1908) *''Aphaenogaster picena, A. picena'' Baroni Urbani, 1971 *''Aphaenogaster polyodonta, A. polyodonta'' Zhou, 2001 *''Aphaenogaster poultoni, A. poultoni'' Crawley, 1922 *''Aphaenogaster praedo, A. praedo'' Emery, 1908 *''Aphaenogaster praenoda, A. praenoda'' Santschi, 1933 *†''Aphaenogaster praerelicta, A. praerelicta'' De Andrade, 1995 *''Aphaenogaster projectens, A. projectens'' Donisthorpe, 1947 *''Aphaenogaster pumilopuncta, A. pumilopuncta'' Zhou, 2001 *''Aphaenogaster punctaticeps, A. punctaticeps'' MacKay, 1989 *''Aphaenogaster pythia, A. pythia'' Forel, 1915 *''Aphaenogaster quadrispina, A. quadrispina'' Emery, 1911 *''Aphaenogaster radchenkoi, A. radchenkoi'' Kiran & Tezcan, 2008 *''Aphaenogaster reichelae, A. reichelae'' Shattuck, 2008 *''Aphaenogaster relicta, A. relicta'' Wheeler & Mann, 1914 *''Aphaenogaster rhaphidiiceps, A. rhaphidiiceps'' (Mayr, 1877) *''Aphaenogaster rifensis, A. rifensis'' Cagniant, 1994 *''Aphaenogaster rothneyi, A. rothneyi'' (Forel, 1902) *''Aphaenogaster rudis, A. rudis'' Enzmann, 1947 *''Aphaenogaster rugosoferruginea, A. rugosoferruginea'' Forel, 1889 *''Aphaenogaster rugulosa, A. rugulosa'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *''Aphaenogaster rupestris, A. rupestris'' Forel, 1909 *''Aphaenogaster sagei, A. sagei'' (Forel, 1902) *''Aphaenogaster saharensis, A. saharensis'' Bernard, 1953 *''Aphaenogaster sangiorgii, A. sangiorgii'' (Emery, 1901) *''Aphaenogaster sardoa, A. sardoa'' Mayr, 1853 *''Aphaenogaster schmidti, A. schmidti'' Karavaiev, 1912 *''Aphaenogaster schurri, A. schurri'' (Forel, 1902) *''Aphaenogaster semipolita, A. semipolita'' (Nylander, 1856) *''Aphaenogaster senilis, A. senilis'' Mayr, 1853 *†''Aphaenogaster shanwangensis, A. shanwangensis'' (Hong, 1984) *''Aphaenogaster sicardi, A. sicardi'' Cagniant, 1990 *''Aphaenogaster sicula, A. sicula'' Emery, 1908 *''Aphaenogaster simonellii, A. simonellii'' Emery, 1894 *''Aphaenogaster smythiesii, A. smythiesii'' (Forel, 1902) *†''Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti, A. sommerfeldti'' Mayr, 1868 *''Aphaenogaster spinosa, A. spinosa'' Emery, 1878 *''Aphaenogaster splendida, A. splendida'' (Roger, 1859) *''Aphaenogaster sporadis, A. sporadis'' Santschi, 1933 *''Aphaenogaster striativentris, A. striativentris'' Forel, 1895 *''Aphaenogaster strioloides, A. strioloides'' Forel, 1890 *''Aphaenogaster subcostata, A. subcostata'' Viehmeyer, 1922 *''Aphaenogaster subexaperata, A. subexaperata'' Zhou, 2001 *''Aphaenogaster subterranea, A. subterranea'' (Latreille, 1798) *''Aphaenogaster subterraneoides, A. subterraneoides'' Emery, 1881 *''Aphaenogaster swammerdami, A. swammerdami'' Forel, 1886 *''Aphaenogaster syriaca, A. syriaca'' Emery, 1908 *''Aphaenogaster takahashii, A. takahashii'' Wheeler, 1930 *''Aphaenogaster tennesseensis, A. tennesseensis'' (Mayr, 1862) *''Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa, A. testaceopilosa'' (Lucas, 1849) *''Aphaenogaster texana, A. texana'' Wheeler, 1915 *''Aphaenogaster theryi, A. theryi'' Santschi, 1923 *''Aphaenogaster tibetana, A. tibetana'' Donisthorpe, 1929 *''Aphaenogaster tinauti, A. tinauti'' Cagniant, 1992 *''Aphaenogaster tipuna, A. tipuna'' Forel, 1913 *''Aphaenogaster tokarainsulana, A. tokarainsulana'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *''Aphaenogaster torossiani, A. torossiani'' Cagniant, 1988 *''Aphaenogaster treatae, A. treatae'' Forel, 1886 *''Aphaenogaster turkestanica, A. turkestanica'' Arnol'di, 1976 *''Aphaenogaster uinta, A. uinta'' Wheeler, 1917 *''Aphaenogaster ujhelyii, A. ujhelyii'' Szabó, 1910 *''Aphaenogaster umphreyi, A. umphreyi'' Deyrup & Davis, 1998 *''Aphaenogaster wangtian, A. wangtian'' Terayama, 2009 *''Aphaenogaster wangye, A. wangye'' Terayama, 2009 *''Aphaenogaster weigoldi, A. weigoldi'' Viehmeyer, 1922 *''Aphaenogaster weulersseae, A. weulersseae'' Cagniant, 1989 *''Aphaenogaster wilsoni, A. wilsoni'' Cagniant, 1988 *''Aphaenogaster xuatian, A. xuatian'' Terayama, 2009


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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1314641 Aphaenogaster, Ant genera Taxa named by Gustav Mayr Taxonomy articles created by Polbot