Aenictus clavatus
Aenictus clavatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Aenictus |
Species: | A. clavatus |
Binomial name | |
Aenictus clavatus Forel, 1901 | |
Subspecies | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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
Images from AntWeb
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0901982. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- clavatus. Aenictus clavatus Forel, 1901a: 471 (m.) INDIA (Maharashtra, Gujarat, “Inde septentrionale”).
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- Type-localities: India: Poona (Wroughton), Inde septentrionale (Wroughton), and Guzerath (Wroughton).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
- Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 12; Emery, 1910b: 30; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 14; Wilson, 1964a: 482; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Tiwari, 1999: 18; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 20.
- Distribution: India.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus atripennis, kanariensis, sundaicus.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1901a. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VIII. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 13:462-477. (page 471, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Forel A. 1901. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VIII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 462-477
- Tiwari R. N., B. G. Kundu, S. Roy Chowdhury, and S. N. Ghosh. 2003. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Fauna of Sikkim. Part 4. State Fauna Series. 9.Zool.Surv.India. i-iii, 1-512. Chapter pagination: 467-506.
- Tiwari, R.N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96