Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii

Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Aenictus
Species:	A. fuscovarius
Subspecies:	A. fuscovarius magrettii
Trinomial name
Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii Emery, 1892

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Sudan (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. Table of castes known for all Afrotropical Aenictus species.

Nomenclature

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

• magrettii. Aenictus magrettii Emery, 1892a: 110, figs. a, b (m.) SOMALIA (date of publication 27.i.1892).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) male.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Somalia: Errer-es-Saghir, 25.viii. (L. Bricchetti Robecchi).
  • [Note: Emery, 1892d: 569, gives a different type-locality: “eastern Sudan: (no further data) (P. Magretti)”.]
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [Also described as new by Emery, 1892d: 569, pl. 15, figs. 13, 14 (m.) SUDAN (date of publication 13.iv.1892).]
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 752.
  • Subspecies of fuscovarius: Emery, 1895j: 747; Mayr, 1904b: 2; Mayr, 1907a: 387; Emery, 1910b: 31; Santschi, 1910g: 756; Santschi, 1914b: 67; Viehmeyer, 1923: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 201; Madl, 2019: 13.
  • Distribution: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Senegal (Gorée I.), Somalia, Sudan.

References

• Emery, C. 1892f [1891]. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 60: 553-574 (page 569, pl. 15, figs. 13, 14 male described)
• Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 747, subspecies of fuscovarius)