Aenictus decolor
Creators: name: Gómez, Kiko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Aenictus
Aenictus decolor

description: <i>Aenictus decolor</i> (Mayr, 1879) <i>Typhlatta decolor</i> MAYR, 1879: 668 (diagnosis in key) (w.) Syntype EAST AFRICA. (Smith) (1w) [CASENT0919639] NMHW: Coll. Mayr [Examined]; Syntypes, same data (1w each) [NHMUK 012849174 to NHMUK 012849177] BMNH [Examined]. <i>Aenictus decolor</i> DALLA TORRE, 1893: 7 [Combination in <i>Aenictus</i>]. <i>Aenictus batesi</i> FOREL, 1911: 255 (w.) Syntype NIGERIA: Alt. Calabar (H. N. Bates) (1w) [CASENT0907024] NHMB [Examined]; Syntype, same series (1w) [Examined]; Syntype, same data, MHNG Coll. Forel (4 pins, 1w each) [Examined] [Junior synonym of <i>decolor</i>: GOTWALD &amp; LEROUX, 1980: 600]. <i>Aenictus decolor</i> Mayr; GOTWALD &amp; LEROUX, 1980: 602 (Q.) IVORY COAST. DESCRIPTION (Figs 1 F, 7 A–E). WORKER HL: 0.69 [0.67-0.72]; HW: 0.65 [0.60-0.70]; SL: 0.60 [0.57-0.63]; WL: 1.16 [1.12-1.21]; PL: 0.25 [0.23-0.26]; PH: 0.19 [0.18-0.21]; PPL: 0.20 [0.18-0.22]; PPH: 0.18 [0.15-0.19]; CS: 0.67 [0.63-0.71]; CI: 93 [87-98]; SIL: 86 [83-89]; SIW: 93 [87-100]; WL/HW: 179 [170-190]; PI: 127 [119-138]; PPI: 113 [100-133]; CSR: 111; (n=9). The workers of this species answer to the <i>A. bidentatus</i> description, except for its more developed mesosomal sculpture, consistently larger size and relatively longer scapes. (See discussion under <i>A. bidentatus</i>). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. GABON: <b>•</b> Ogooué-Maritime, Réserve des Monts Doudou 370 m, -2.2225, 10.40583 05–12/03/2000, yellow pan trap (S. van Noort), coastal lowland rainforest (1w), sifted within forest [CASENT0317077] CASC • Ogooué-Maritime, Reserve de la Moukalaba-Dougoua, 12.2 km 305° NW Doussala 110 m, -2.28333, 10.49717 24/02- 03/03 /2000. yellow pan trap (S. van Noort). coastal lowland rainforest (1w), sifted within forest [CASENT0746807] CASC. GHANA: <b>•</b> Kade (Majer, J. D.) (2w), on cocoa [NHMUK 012849180] BMNH. GUINEA: <b>•</b> Nzérékoré, Seringbara, Near camp (Nimba) 674m 29/11/2017. Canopy fogging (D. Van der Spiegel). Primary Forest, Canopy cover 80% (2w) [MRACFOR000856] MRAC • same data (2w) [KGCOL 00584] KGPC. DISTRIBUTION. Western and Central Africa, from the Guinean mountains to Gabon (Fig. 8).
description: Published as part of <i>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</i> on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5898821
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