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Identification
Distribution
Afrotropical Region: Senegal, Sudan (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.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- soudanicus. Aenictus soudanicus Santschi, 1910g: 758, fig. 12 (m.) MALI.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Mali (“Sudan”, presumably French Sudan (= Mali)): Toukola, iv.1903 (Conan).
- Type-depository: MNHN.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1913c: 304; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 754; Wheeler, W.M. 1925b: 1; Santschi, 1930a: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
- Distribution: Mali, Senegal, Sudan.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus brunneus.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1910g. Nouveaux dorylines africains. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 737-759 (page 758, fig. 12 male described)
- Wheeler W. M. 1925. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 10. Formicidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(25): 1-3.