Contents Miscellaneous ants - Iran
SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Aphaenogaster
Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr)

Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) obsidiana (Mayr)

return to listIran list {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Russia (Atta obsidiana n. sp., Mayr, 1861: 67, worker; queen, Ruzsky, 1905b: 723; male, Karavaiev, 1926b: 98; in Aphaenogaster by  Roger, 1863b: 29) Caucasian Alps from Motschulsky - see below.


Mayr's (1861) description is at {original description}.


Aphaenogaster obsidianaThe image of a non-type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0280957.

The type image listing on https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0916077 has no images.

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