Aenictus hamifer
Aenictus hamifer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Aenictus |
Species: | A. hamifer |
Binomial name | |
Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896 | |
Subspecies | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Kenya (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
Known only from males. Table of castes known for all Afrotropical Aenictus species.
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Aenictus hamifer. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903756. 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.
- hamifer. Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896i: 153, fig. (m.) SOMALIA.
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- Type-localities: alate male Somalia: Pozzi Maddo (Bottego), dealate males Somalia: confluence of Uebi and Ganana rivers (Bottego).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 31; Forel, 1910c: 250; Santschi, 1910f: 233; Santschi, 1910g: 756; Forel, 1912b: 81; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 753; Viehmeyer, 1923: 85; Menozzi, 1927f: 356; Menozzi, 1930b: 78; Santschi, 1933b: 99; Santschi, 1935b: 265; Finzi, 1939a: 162; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Borowiec, L. 2014: 7 (see note in bibliography); Madl, 2019: 13.
- Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus spinosior.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1896i [1897]. Formiche raccolte dal Cap. V. Bottego nella regione dei Somali. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 37[=(2(17): 153-160. (page 153, fig. male described)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- 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.
- Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
- Menozzi C., M. Consani. 1952. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 11: 57-71.
- 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.
- Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
- Viehmeyer H. 1923. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VII. Hymenoptera A. Formicidae. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 98: 83-94.
- 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