Aenictus luteus
Aenictus luteus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Aenictus |
Species: | A. luteus |
Binomial name | |
Aenictus luteus Emery, 1892 | |
Subspecies | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone (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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Aenictus luteus. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903758. 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.
- luteus. Aenictus luteus Emery, 1892d: 568, pl. 15, figs. 11, 12 (m.) SIERRA LEONE.
- Type-material: 2 syntype males (one with head missing).
- Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- [Note: in the original description Emery says, “deux exemplaires de Sierra-Leone”, but Emery, 1895j: 747, gives the type-locality as Ghana (“Goldküste”). It is not apparent if this is an error or a correction.]
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Emery, 1895j: 747; Emery, 1910b: 32; Santschi, 1920d: 373; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 753; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
- Distribution: Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus moestus.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1892f [1891]. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 60: 553-574 (page 568, pl. 15, figs. 11, 12 male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
- Emery C. 1892. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 60: 553-574.
- Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
- 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