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Aenictus mentu Weber 1942

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain

Description

Aenictus mentu Weber, 1942

Aenictus mentu WEBER, 1942: 40, fig. 2 (w.)

Syntype, SOUTH SUDAN: Equatoria Region, Imatong Mountains (Neal A. Weber) 24 Jul- 5 Aug. 1939. (1w) [MCZC: ENT:26131] MCZC [Material seen on web].

The type material is located at the MCZC, but it wasn’t available for examination for this study. Also, no other specimens were found in any of the major museum collections that provided access or material loans. I have provisionally placed this species in the same group as A. rixator due to measurements from the type images (HW~0.40, CI~90), habitus, clypeal shape and mandibles. Based on paucity of material and the limited image quality, presently I have to refrain from offering a more accurate diagnosis or description until the types can be analyzed in detail.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. Known only from the type series.

DISTRIBUTION. North-East Africa, known only from the Type location in South Sudan (Fig. 29).

Notes

Published as part of Gómez, Kiko, 2022, A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Dorylinae ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste, pp. 1-86 in Belgian Journal of Entomology 124 on pages 45-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5898821

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Weber
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Aenictus
Species
mentu
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aenictus mentu Weber, 1942 sec. Gómez, 2022

References

  • WEBER N. A., 1942. - New doryline, cerapachyine and ponerine ants from the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 44: 40 - 49.