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Aenictus buttgenbachi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus |
| Species: | A. buttgenbachi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenictus buttgenbachi Forel, 1913
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.
 
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- buttgenbachi. Aenictus buttgenbachi Forel, 1913b: 313 (m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype (?) male.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Katanga, Lubumbashi valley (Buttgenbach).
- Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps also MRAC).
- Status as species: Santschi, 1914b: 68; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 751; Bolton, 1995b: 59.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 313, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.