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Aenictus humeralis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus |
| Species: | A. humeralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenictus humeralis Santschi, 1910
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Senegal, 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. |
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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.
Images from AntWeb
  
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| Specimen code casent0911428. . | |
    
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| Syntype of Aenictus humeralis chevalieri. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0911429. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
     
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| Syntype of Aenictus humeralis viridans. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0911430. 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.
- humeralis. Aenictus humeralis Santschi, 1910g: 752, fig. 9 (m.) MALI.
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- [Note: Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 67, cites 1m syntype (lacks head and genital apparatus) NHMB.]
- Type-locality: Mali (“Moyen Niger”): Bamako, 1900 (A. Chevalier).
- Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 753; Santschi, 1930a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 59.
- Distribution: Mali.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus chevalieri, viridans.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1910g. Nouveaux dorylines africains. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 737-759 (page 752, fig. 9 male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004