''Aphaenogaster'' is a

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ants in the tribe

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. About 200 species have been described, including 18 fossil species. They occur worldwide except in South America south of

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, and Antarctica. ''Aphaenogaster'' colonies have monomorphic workers. They have four-segmented antennal clubs and 12-segmented antennae.Genus ''Aphaenogaster''
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ers or on pastures and unsealed airstrips, because the fragile surface easily collapses under pressure. Where it occurs, ''Aphaenogaster''

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is an important soil and landscape process. ''Aphaenogaster'' ants probably get most of their food from tended

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s 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

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*'' A. aktaci'' Kiran & Tezcan, 2008 *†'' A. amphioceanica'' De Andrade, 1995 *'' A. angulata'' Viehmeyer, 1922 *'' A. annandalei'' Mukerjee, 1930 *†'' A. antiqua'' Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002 *'' A. araneoides'' Emery, 1890 *†'' A. archaica'' (Meunier, 1915) *'' A. ashmeadi'' (Emery, 1895) *'' A. atlantis'' Santschi, 1929 *†'' A. avita'' Fujiyama, 1970 *'' A. balcanica'' (Emery, 1898) Aphaenogaster balcanica

*'' A. balcanicoides'' Boer, 2013 *'' A. baogong'' Terayama, 2009 *'' A. barbara'' Shattuck, 2008 *'' A. barbigula'' Wheeler, 1916 *'' A. baronii'' Cagniant, 1988 *'' A. beccarii'' Emery, 1887 *'' A. beesoni'' Donisthorpe, 1933 *'' A. boulderensis'' Smith, 1941 *'' A. burri'' (Donisthorpe, 1950) *'' A. caeciliae'' Viehmeyer, 1922 *'' A. campana'' Emery, 1878 *'' A. cardenai'' Espadaler, 1981 *'' A. carolinensis'' Wheeler, 1915 *'' A. cavernicola'' Donisthorpe, 1938 *'' A. cecconii'' Emery, 1894 *'' A. concolor'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *'' A. cristata'' (Forel, 1902) *'' A. crocea'' André, 1881 *'' A. curiosa'' Santschi, 1933 *'' A. dejeani'' Cagniant, 1982 *'' A. depilis'' Santschi, 1911 *'' A. depressa'' Bolton, 1995 *†'' A. dlusskyana'' Radchenko & Perkovsky, 2016 *'' A. dlusskyi'' Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991 *'' A. donann'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *†'' A. donisthorpei'' Carpenter, 1930 *'' A. dromedaria'' (Emery, 1900) *'' A. dulciniae'' Emery, 1924 *†'' A. dumetora'' (Lin, 1982) *'' A. edentula'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *'' A. epirotes'' (Emery, 1895) *'' A. erabu'' Nishizono & Yamane, 1990 *'' A. espadaleri'' Cagniant, 1984 *'' A. exasperata'' Wheeler, 1921 *'' A. fabulosa'' Arnol'di, 1968 *'' A. fallax'' Cagniant, 1992 *'' A. famelica'' (Smith, 1874) *'' A. faureli'' Cagniant, 1969 *'' A. feae'' Emery, 1889 *'' A. fengbo'' Terayama, 2009 *'' A. festae'' Emery, 1915 *'' A. finzii'' Müller, 1921 *'' A. flemingi'' Smith, 1928 *'' A. floridana'' Smith, 1941 *'' A. foreli'' Cagniant, 1996 *'' A. friederichsi'' Forel, 1918 *'' A. fulva'' Roger, 1863 *'' A. geei'' Wheeler, 1921 *'' A. gemella'' (Roger, 1862) *'' A. georgica'' Arnol'di, 1968 *'' A. gibbosa'' (Latreille, 1798) *'' A. gonacantha'' (Emery, 1899) *'' A. gracillima'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *'' A. graeca'' Schulz, 1994 *'' A. haarlovi'' Collingwood, 1961 *'' A. hesperia'' Santschi, 1911 *'' A. holtzi'' (Emery, 1898) *'' A. honduriana'' Mann, 1922 *'' A. huachucana'' Creighton, 1934 *'' A. hunanensis'' Wu & Wang, 1992 *'' A. iberica'' Emery, 1908 *'' A. incurviclypea'' Wang & Zheng, 1997 *'' A. inermita'' Bolton, 1995 *'' A. iranica'' Kiran & Alipanah, 2013 *'' A. irrigua'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *'' A. isekram'' Bernard, 1977 *'' A. italica'' Bondroit, 1918 *'' A. januschevi'' Arnol'di, 1976 *'' A. japonica'' Forel, 1911 *'' A. karpathica'' Boer, 2013 *'' A. kervillei'' Forel, 1910 *'' A. kimberleyensis'' Shattuck, 2008 *'' A. koniari'' Cagniant & Galkowski, 2013 *'' A. kumejimana'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *'' A. kurdica'' Ruzsky, 1905 *'' A. laevior'' Emery, 1887 *'' A. lamellidens'' Mayr, 1886 *†'' A. lapidescens'' Zhang, 1989 *'' A. ledouxi'' Tohmé, 1969 *'' A. lepida'' Wheeler, 1930 *'' A. lesbica'' Forel, 1913 *'' A. leveillei'' Emery, 1881 * †'' A.? longaeva'' (Scudder, 1877) *'' A. longiceps'' (Smith, 1858) Aphaenogaster longiceps

*'' A. loriai'' (Emery, 1897) *'' A. lustrans'' Smith, 1961 *'' A. luteipes'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *†'' A. maculata'' Théobald, 1937 *'' A. maculifrons'' Kiran & Tezcan, 2008 *†'' A. maculipes'' Théobald, 1937 *'' A. mariae'' Forel, 1886 *'' A. mauritanica'' Dalla Torre, 1893 *†'' A. mayri'' Carpenter, 1930 *'' A. mediterrae'' Shattuck, 2008 *'' A. megommata'' Smith, 1963 *'' A. melitensis'' Santschi, 1933 *†'' A. mersa'' Wheeler, 1915 *'' A. messoroides'' Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 *'' A. mexicana'' (Pergande, 1896) *'' A. miamiana'' Wheeler, 1932 *'' A. miniata'' Cagniant, 1990 *'' A. minutula'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *'' A. muelleriana'' Wolf, 1915 *'' A. mutica'' Pergande, 1896 *'' A. nadigi'' Santschi, 1923 *'' A. obsidiana'' (Mayr, 1861) *'' A. occidentalis'' (Emery, 1895) Aphaenogaster occidentalis

*†'' A. oligocenica'' Wheeler, 1915 *'' A. opposita'' (Say, 1836) *'' A. osimensis'' Teranishi, 1940 *'' A. ovaticeps'' (Emery, 1898) *'' A. pallescens'' Walker, 1871 *'' A. pallida'' (Nylander, 1849) *†'' A. paludosa'' Zhang, 1989 *†'' A. pannonica'' Bachmayer, 1960 *'' A. patruelis'' Forel, 1886 *'' A. perplexa'' Smith, 1961 *'' A. phalangium'' Emery, 1890 *'' A. phillipsi'' Wheeler & Mann, 1916 *'' A. picea'' (Wheeler, 1908) *'' A. picena'' Baroni Urbani, 1971 *'' A. polyodonta'' Zhou, 2001 *'' A. poultoni'' Crawley, 1922 *'' A. praedo'' Emery, 1908 *'' A. praenoda'' Santschi, 1933 *†'' A. praerelicta'' De Andrade, 1995 *'' A. projectens'' Donisthorpe, 1947 *'' A. pumilopuncta'' Zhou, 2001 *'' A. punctaticeps'' MacKay, 1989 *'' A. pythia'' Forel, 1915 Aphaenogaster pythia

*'' A. quadrispina'' Emery, 1911 *'' A. radchenkoi'' Kiran & Tezcan, 2008 *'' A. reichelae'' Shattuck, 2008 *'' A. relicta'' Wheeler & Mann, 1914 *'' A. rhaphidiiceps'' (Mayr, 1877) *'' A. rifensis'' Cagniant, 1994 *'' A. rothneyi'' (Forel, 1902) *'' A. rudis'' Enzmann, 1947 Aphaenogaster rudis

*'' A. rugosoferruginea'' Forel, 1889 *'' A. rugulosa'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *'' A. rupestris'' Forel, 1909 *'' A. sagei'' (Forel, 1902) *'' A. saharensis'' Bernard, 1953 *'' A. sangiorgii'' (Emery, 1901) *'' A. sardoa'' Mayr, 1853 *'' A. schmidti'' Karavaiev, 1912 *'' A. schurri'' (Forel, 1902) *'' A. semipolita'' (Nylander, 1856) *'' A. senilis'' Mayr, 1853 *†'' A. shanwangensis'' (Hong, 1984) *'' A. sicardi'' Cagniant, 1990 *'' A. sicula'' Emery, 1908 *'' A. simonellii'' Emery, 1894 *'' A. smythiesii'' (Forel, 1902) *†'' A. sommerfeldti'' Mayr, 1868 *'' A. spinosa'' Emery, 1878 *'' A. splendida'' (Roger, 1859) *'' A. sporadis'' Santschi, 1933 *'' A. striativentris'' Forel, 1895 *'' A. strioloides'' Forel, 1890 *'' A. subcostata'' Viehmeyer, 1922 *'' A. subexaperata'' Zhou, 2001 *'' A. subterranea'' (Latreille, 1798) Aphaenogaster subterranea

*'' A. subterraneoides'' Emery, 1881 *'' A. swammerdami'' Forel, 1886 *'' A. syriaca'' Emery, 1908 *'' A. takahashii'' Wheeler, 1930 *'' A. tennesseensis'' (Mayr, 1862) Aphaenogaster tennesseensis

*'' A. testaceopilosa'' (Lucas, 1849) *'' A. texana'' Wheeler, 1915 *'' A. theryi'' Santschi, 1923 *'' A. tibetana'' Donisthorpe, 1929 *'' A. tinauti'' Cagniant, 1992 *'' A. tipuna'' Forel, 1913 *'' A. tokarainsulana'' Watanabe & Yamane, 1999 *'' A. torossiani'' Cagniant, 1988 *'' A. treatae'' Forel, 1886 *'' A. turkestanica'' Arnol'di, 1976 *'' A. uinta'' Wheeler, 1917 *'' A. ujhelyii'' Szabó, 1910 *'' A. umphreyi'' Deyrup & Davis, 1998 *'' A. wangtian'' Terayama, 2009 *'' A. wangye'' Terayama, 2009 *'' A. weigoldi'' Viehmeyer, 1922 *'' A. weulersseae'' Cagniant, 1989 *'' A. wilsoni'' Cagniant, 1988 *'' A. xuatian'' Terayama, 2009

References

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