Aenictus crucifer

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Aenictus crucifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Aenictus
Species: A. crucifer
Binomial name
Aenictus crucifer
Santschi, 1914

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -4.25277° to -4.25277°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Aenictus cruciferMale (alate). Specimen code casent0911421. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • crucifer. Aenictus crucifer Santschi, 1914b: 68, fig 5 (m.) KENYA.
    • Type-material: 3 syntype males.
    • Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Tiwi, st. no. 5, xi.1911 (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 751; Santschi, 1924b: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 201.
    • Distribution: Kenya.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus tuberculatus.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 68, fig. 5 male described)

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.