Aenictus mutatus

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Aenictus mutatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Aenictus
Species: A. mutatus
Binomial name
Aenictus mutatus
Santschi, 1913

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.63333° to 6.63333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Ivory Coast (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 moebii pudicusMale (alate). Specimen code casent0901481. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.
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Syntype of Aenictus mutatusMale (alate). Specimen code casent0911435. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Aenictus moebii pudicusMale (alate). Specimen code casent0911436. 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.

  • mutatus. Aenictus moebii st. mutatus Santschi, 1913c: 304, fig. 2 (m.) IVORY COAST.
    • Type-material: 6 syntype males.
    • Type-locality: Ivory Coast: (no further data) (Delafosse).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of moebii: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 754.
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1920d: 370; Santschi, 1924b: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
    • Distribution: Benin, Ivory Coast.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Santschi F. 1913. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 302-314.
  • Santschi F. 1924. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12: 195-224.