Aenictus anceps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Sudan.

Castes
Known only from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus bottegoi subsp. anceps Forel, 1910c: 249 (m.) ERITREA.
 * Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Eritrea: Nefassit, 1906 (K. Escherich), and Ghinda, 1906 (K. Escherich).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Subspecies of bottegoi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 751; Finzi, 1939a: 162.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1920d: 374; Santschi, 1933b: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 58; Madl, 2019: 13.
 * Distribution: Eritrea, Sudan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
 * Finzi B. 1939. Materiali zoologici dell'Eritrea raccolti da G. Müller durante la spedizione dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese e conservati al Museo di Trieste. Parte III. Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 14: 153-168.
 * Forel A. 1910. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 29: 243-274.
 * 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.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004