Aenictus mauritanicus
Aenictus mauritanicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Aenictus |
Species: | A. mauritanicus |
Binomial name | |
Aenictus mauritanicus Santschi, 1910 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
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
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Aenictus mauritanicus. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0911434. 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.
- mauritanicus. Aenictus mauritanicus Santschi, 1910g: 756, fig. 11 (m.) (no state data; probably MAURITANIA).
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Mauritania?: "Côte atlantique du Sahara", 1908 (A. Grouvelle & A. Choudeau).
- Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 60.
- Distribution: Mauritania?
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1910g. Nouveaux dorylines africains. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 737-759 (page 756, fig. 11 male described)