Aenictus fuscovarius

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal.

Castes
Known only from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus fuscovarius Gerstäcker, 1859: 262 (m.) (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype(?) male.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: none given (Peters).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * [Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 501; type-locality Mozambique: Tette (Peters), from this reference.]
 * Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 41; Mayr, 1863: 394; Dalla Torre, 1893: 7; Emery, 1895j: 747; Emery 1897e: 597; Mayr, 1904b: 2; Mayr, 1907a: 387; Emery, 1910b: 31; Forel, 1910c: 249; Santschi, 1910f: 233; Forel, 1913h: 350; Santschi, 1914b: 67; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 752; Santschi, 1924b: 202; Menozzi, 1926a: 37; Menozzi, 1927f: 356; Menozzi, 1930b: 78; Finzi, 1939a: 162; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 201; Borowiec, L. 2014: 7 (see note in bibliography).
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Mozambique, Somalia.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus laetior, magrettii, sagittarius.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
 * 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.
 * Hita Garcia F., E. Wiesel, G. Fischer. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101: 127-222.
 * Menozzi C. 1926. Formiche dell'Africa centrale. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 58: 36-41.
 * Menozzi C. 1927. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova. Parte I. Formiche raccolte dal Marchese Saverio Patrizi nella Somalia italiana ed in alcune località dell'Africa orientale inglese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 52: 356-362.
 * Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
 * Santschi F. 1910. Mission Gruvel et Chudeau en Mauritanie occidentale. III. Partie zoologique. Hyménoptères. 2e partie. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 64: 233-234.
 * Santschi F. 1924. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12: 195-224.
 * 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