Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Shattuck, S. O. (2008): Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1677: 25-45, URL: http://hol.osu.edu/reference-full.html?id=21723AbstractThe Australian species of the myrmicine ant genus Aphaenogaster Mayr are revised. Eight species are recognised, four of which are described as new. The species include barbara sp. n., barbigula Wheeler (for which a lectotype is designated), kimberleyensis sp. n., longiceps (Smith) (with its newly recognised synonym, flava Emery), mediterrae sp. n., poultoni Crawley, pythia Forel (for which a neotype is designated) and reichelae sp. n.Aphaenogaster is widely distributed across eastern and southern Australia (except Tasmania), with isolated populations in northern Northern Territory and northern Western Australia. Species occur in a range of habitats from rainforests through open woodlands and can be of significant economic importance because of damage caused by their nests.Key words: Australia, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, new species, lectotype, neotype, Aphaenogaster