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Aenictus hamifer
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus |
| Species: | A. hamifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Kenya (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Known only from males. Table of castes known for all Afrotropical Aenictus species.
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| Syntype of Aenictus hamifer. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903756. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hamifer. Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896i: 153, fig. (m.) SOMALIA.
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- Type-localities: alate male Somalia: Pozzi Maddo (Bottego), dealate males Somalia: confluence of Uebi and Ganana rivers (Bottego).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 31; Forel, 1910c: 250; Santschi, 1910f: 233; Santschi, 1910g: 756; Forel, 1912b: 81; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 753; Viehmeyer, 1923: 85; Menozzi, 1927f: 356; Menozzi, 1930b: 78; Santschi, 1933b: 99; Santschi, 1935b: 265; Finzi, 1939a: 162; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Borowiec, L. 2014: 7 (see note in bibliography); Madl, 2019: 13.
- Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus spinosior.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1896i [1897]. Formiche raccolte dal Cap. V. Bottego nella regione dei Somali. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 37[=(2(17): 153-160. (page 153, fig. male described)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Finzi B. 1939. Materiali zoologici dell'Eritrea raccolti da G. Müller durante la spedizione dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese e conservati al Museo di Trieste. Parte III. Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 14: 153-168.
- Forel A. 1910. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 29: 243-274.
- Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
- Menozzi C., M. Consani. 1952. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 11: 57-71.
- Santschi F. 1933. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 73: 95-108.
- Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
- Viehmeyer H. 1923. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VII. Hymenoptera A. Formicidae. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 98: 83-94.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004