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Aenictus latiscapus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus |
| Species: | A. latiscapus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenictus latiscapus Forel, 1901
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.
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
Images from AntWeb
  
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| Male (alate). Specimen code casent0281964. Photographer Shannon Hartman, 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.
- latiscapus. Aenictus latiscapus Forel, 1901a: 471 (m.) INDIA (Maharashtra).
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Poona (R.C. Wroughton).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 15; Emery, 1910b: 31; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 16; Wilson, 1964a: 482; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 23; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 21.
- Distribution: India.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus fumatus, sauteri.
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
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press