Aenictus longi

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Aenictus longi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Aenictus
Species: A. longi
Binomial name
Aenictus longi
Forel, 1901

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 17.333333° to 17.333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (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 longiMale (alate). Specimen code casent0907012. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • longi. Aenictus longi Forel, 1901a: 470 (m.) INDIA (Meghalaya).
    • Type-material: holotype(?) male.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: India: Garo Hills (Long).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 13; Emery, 1910b: 31; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 16; Wilson, 1964a: 483; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 266; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 21.
    • Distribution: India, Myanmar.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus taivanae.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Forel 1901. Page 470.

References

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