Aenictus leliepvrei

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Aenictus leliepvrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Aenictus
Species: A. leliepvrei
Binomial name
Aenictus leliepvrei
Bernard, 1953

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Aenictus leliepvreiMale (alate). Specimen code casent0913752. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • leliepvrei. Aenictus leliepvrei Bernard, 1953a: 134, fig. 1 (m.) ALGERIA.
    • Type-material: holotype male.
    • Type-locality: Algeria: Tassili des Ajjer, Ghat, “jardin du bordj”, st. 4, 28.iii.1949, at light (F. Bernard).
    • Type-depository: MNHN.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 60.
    • Distribution: Algeria.

Description

References

  • Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. (page 134, fig. 1 male described)