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Species: Aenictus eugenii   Emery, 1895 

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Aenictus eugenii caroli, Aenictus eugenii henrii

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895i PDF: 17, pl. 2, figs. 1-4 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: South Africa: Makapan, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon). Type-depository: MSNG. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Misspelled as eugeniae by Arnold, 1915: 139, and others.].

Taxon Page Images:

Aenictus eugenii; photo by Wynand Uys; Blyde River, Mpumalanga

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical

Distribution Notes:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Gotwald 1976

Notes:

Caste of types: (w)

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Emery, C., 1895, Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3 e mémoire. Formicides., Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64, pp. 15-56

Aenictus EugeniiHNS, n. sp.

- (Pl. 2, fig. 1 - 4). [[ worker ]]. Rufo-ferruginea, antennis, pedibus, pedunculi segmento 2 ° abdomineque flavo-testaceis, mandibularum margine nigricante, longissime pilosa, nitida, mesopleuris, metathorace toto pedunculique segmento 1 ° confertissime punctatis, opacis; capite vite longiore quam latiore, mandibulis angustis, striatis, apice oblique truncatis, acutissimis, antennarum flagelli articulis omnibus longioribus quam crassioribus, metanoti parte declivi verticali, lateribus marginata, sutura meso-metanotali impressa, pedunculi segmento 1 ° parum longiore quam latiore, compresso, subtus cum dente obtuso, 2 o superne subgloboso. - Long. 3 1 / 2 mill. - Makapan; un exemplaire.

Cette espece se fait remarquer par sa taille elancee et ses longues antennes. La tete est large et rappelle en petit celle d'un AnommaHNS. Les mandibules sont etroites, a bords paralleles, obliquement tronquees au bout; ce bord apical offre a sa partie posterieure 6 - 7 tres petites dents, suivies d'une enorme dent aigue qui en forme la pointe. Les antennes sont allongees, toutefois le scape est loin d'atteindre l'occiput et est a peine plus long que les 5 premiers articles du flagellum; les articles de celui-ci sont distinctement plus longs qu'epais. Les aretes frontales font saillie en avant sous forme de deux petites dents, depassant l'epistome. Le corselet est lisse en dessus jusqu'a la suture meso-metanotale; toutefois, le dos du mesonotum offre a un fort grossissement des traces de ponctuation.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 6 times found in rainforest, 4 times found in Mopane savanna, 1 times found in edge of disturbed secondary forest, 1 times found in Acacia Closed Woodland (in Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld), 2 times found in Acacia xanthophloea woodland, 1 times found in Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, 1 times found in Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, 1 times found in Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, 1 times found in Shade coffee, 1 times found in Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, open woodland, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 6 times ground, 1 times ground forager(s), 2 times Hillside, 1 times emerging from crack in concrete apron, 1 times attending Pseudococcus lilacinus ckll..

Collected most commonly using these methods: 16 times Pitfall trap, 7 times hand collected, 3 times Pitfall trap, 5 days, 30-21 times black light trap 20, 1 times Litter Sieving + Winkler, 1 times Pitfall.

Elevations: collected from 300 - 1859 meters, 1144 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1899-06-01 and 2018-04-11

Type specimens: Cotypus A. eugenii: mnhg0012; Cotypus Aenictus eugenii v brazzai: mnhg0015, mnhg0016; Cotypus Aenictus eugenii v caroli: mnhg0017, mnhg0018; ID as A. brazzai by Santschi. Not labelled as type: ey19928, mnhb000002, mnhb000003; ID as A. eugenii henrii by Santschi. Not labelled as type: mnhb000014, mnhb000015; Not labelled as Type of henrii, same series: mracfor000031, mracfor000032; Syntype Aenictus kenyensis: nhmuk012849233, nhmuk012849234; syntype of Aenictus eugenii: casent0903759; syntype of Aenictus eugeniae kenyensis: casent0911422; syntype of Aenictus eugenii kenyensis: casent0902686; Type Aenictus eugenii v. caroli: mnhb000010, mnhb000011, mnhb000012; Type of A. brazzai: mracfor000016, mracfor000017; Type of A. eugenii v. henrii: mracfor000018, mracfor000019, mracfor000020, mracfor000021, mracfor000022, mracfor000023, mracfor000024, mracfor000025, mracfor000026, mracfor000027, mracfor000028, mracfor000029, mracfor000030



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