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Aenictus bottegoi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus |
| Species: | A. bottegoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenictus bottegoi Emery, 1899
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 2.333333333° to 2.333333333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (type locality), Zimbabwe.
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
Images from AntWeb
  
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| Male (alate). Specimen code casent0281965. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bottegoi. Aenictus bottegoi Emery, 1899a: 499, fig. (m.) ETHIOPIA.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Ethiopia: Lake Bass Narok (Bottego).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 31; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 751; Santschi, 1933b: 100; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 59.
- Distribution: Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus falcifer, noctivagus.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1899a. Formiche dell'ultima spedizione Bottego. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 39[=(2(19): 499-501 (page 499, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
- Santschi F. 1933. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 73: 95-108.