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Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii
| Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus |
| Species: | A. fuscovarius |
| Subspecies: | A. fuscovarius magrettii |
| Trinomial name | |
| Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii Emery, 1892 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya, 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. Table of castes known for all Afrotropical Aenictus species.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- magrettii. Aenictus magrettii Emery, 1892a: 110, figs. a, b (m.) SOMALIA (date of publication 27.i.1892).
- Type-material: holotype(?) male.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Somalia: Errer-es-Saghir, 25.viii. (L. Bricchetti Robecchi).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- [Also described as new by Emery, 1892d: 569, pl. 15, figs. 13, 14 (m.) SUDAN (date of publication 13.iv.1892).]
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 752.
- Subspecies of fuscovarius: Emery, 1895j: 747; Mayr, 1904b: 2; Mayr, 1907a: 387; Emery, 1910b: 31; Santschi, 1910g: 756; Santschi, 1914b: 67; Viehmeyer, 1923: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 201; Madl, 2019: 13.
- Distribution: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Senegal (Gorée I.), Somalia, Sudan.
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 569, pl. 15, figs. 13, 14 male described)
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 747, subspecies of fuscovarius)