Aenictus fuscovarius sagittarius

Aenictus fuscovarius sagittarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Aenictus
Species:	A. fuscovarius
Subspecies:	A. fuscovarius sagittarius
Trinomial name
Aenictus fuscovarius sagittarius Santschi, 1938

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.516667° to 13.55°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Egypt (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.

Castes

Known only from males.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• sagittarius. Aenictus fuscovarius st. sagittarius Santschi, 1938a: 30, fig. 2 (m.) EGYPT, SUDAN.
  • Type-material: 5 syntype males.
  • Type-localities: 3 males Egypt: Dakhla Oasis, 13.vi.1918 (Storey), 1 male Egypt: Derr, 16.iii.1917 (Adair), 1 male Sudan: Sennar, 25-27.ii.1914 (Ebner) (sent by Alfieri).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of fuscovarius: Bolton, 1995b: 60.
  • Distribution: Egypt, Sudan.

References

• Santschi, F. 1938a [1937]. Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Egypte. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Egypte 21: 28-44 (page 30, fig. 2 male described)