Aenictus sumatrensis maxillosus
Aenictus sumatrensis maxillosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Aenictus |
Species: | A. sumatrensis |
Subspecies: | A. sumatrensis maxillosus |
Trinomial name | |
Aenictus sumatrensis maxillosus Forel, 1913 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- maxillosus. Aenictus sumatrensis var. maxillosa Forel, 1913k: 24 (m.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
- Type-material: holotype (?) male.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Tandjong Slamat, 9.iv.-14.vi.1912 (H. von Buttel-Reepen).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Subspecies of sumatrensis: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 17; Wilson, 1964a: 483; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 24, male described)