Aenictus vaucheri Emery

Type location Morocco (Aenictus vaucheri n., Emery, 1915a: 252, illustrated, queen; Santschi, 1936c: 198, worker) collector Vaucher, 5.i.1896
queen & worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1895j) description of the queen is at . Santschi's (1936c) description of the worker, collected at Ito, 4.v.1929, by Thery, is at .

Worker: TL 3.0 mm, TL ca 0.20 > HW; yellow, mandibles and anaterior of clypeus darker; smooth shiny; fine longish pilosity

Images of the type queen can be seen at http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0903754.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Aenictus vaucheri B Taylor det. Male

Morocco J Reyes-Lopez & A Taheri

30.iv.2011 nr. Balota 34°57.133' N 005°31.666' W

altitude: 140m Mosaic of scrub and open woodland with Pistacia lentiscus, Quercus suber, Calicotome villosa, Cistus spp.

2

The photomontage is of a specimen from Morocco,   collectors J Reyes-Lopez & A Taheri.