Aenictus humeralis

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Aenictus humeralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Aenictus
Species: A. humeralis
Binomial name
Aenictus humeralis
Santschi, 1910

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Senegal, Sudan (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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Specimen code casent0911428. .
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Syntype of Aenictus humeralis chevalieriMale (alate). Specimen code casent0911429. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Aenictus humeralis viridansMale (alate). Specimen code casent0911430. 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.

  • humeralis. Aenictus humeralis Santschi, 1910g: 752, fig. 9 (m.) MALI.
    • Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Mali: Moyen Niger, Bamako, 1900 (A. Chevalier).
    • Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 753; Santschi, 1930a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 59.
    • Distribution: Mali.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus chevalieri, viridans.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1910g. Nouveaux dorylines africains. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 737-759 (page 752, fig. 9 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.
  • 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