Aenictus latiscapus sauteri

Aenictus latiscapus sauteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Aenictus
Species:	A. latiscapus
Subspecies:	A. latiscapus sauteri
Trinomial name
Aenictus latiscapus sauteri Forel, 1913

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Taiwan (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.

• sauteri. Aenictus latiscapus r. sauteri Forel, 1913f: 188 (m.) TAIWAN.
  • Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
  • [Note: Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 66, cites 1m syntype NHMB.]
  • Type-localities: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Taihorin (H. Sauter), Taiwan: Kankau (H. Sauter), Taiwan: Anping, v. 1911 (H. Sauter).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB (perhaps also DEIB).
  • [Misspelled as sateri by Lin & Wu, 2003: 60.]
  • Subspecies of latiscapus: Santschi, 1928h: 121; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 58; Santschi, 1937h: 367; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 16; Wilson, 1964a: 482; Xu, 1994a: 117; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Terayama, 2009: 124.
  • Distribution: Taiwan.

References

• Forel, A. 1913g. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(6 6: 183-202 (page 188, male described)