Aenictus anceps
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| Aenictus anceps | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus |
| Species: | A. anceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenictus anceps Forel, 1910
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea (type locality), Sudan.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Known only from the male caste.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- anceps. Aenictus bottegoi subsp. anceps Forel, 1910c: 249 (m.) ERITREA.
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Eritrea: Nefassit, 1906 (K. Escherich), and Ghinda, 1906 (K. Escherich).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
- Subspecies of bottegoi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 751; Finzi, 1939a: 162.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1920d: 374; Santschi, 1933b: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 58; Madl, 2019: 13.
- Distribution: Eritrea, Sudan.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1910c. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 243-274 (page 249, male described)
- Santschi, F. 1920d [1919]. Formicides africains et américains nouveaux. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 88: 361-390 (page 374, raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
