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Aenictus moebii
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus |
| Species: | A. moebii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenictus moebii Emery, 1895
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.63333° to 6.63333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast, Togo (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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| Syntype of Aenictus moebii. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903757. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- moebii. Aenictus moebii Emery, 1895j: 747, fig. NN (m.) TOGO.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Togo: Bismarckburg (R. Büttner).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 32; Santschi, 1910g: 754; Santschi, 1920d: 369; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 754; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
- Distribution: Ivory Coast, Togo.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus pudicus, sankisianus.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 747, fig. NN male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
- Emery C. 1895. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8: 685-778.
- Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.