The Ants of Africa
Genus Aenictus
Aenictus bayoni Menozzi

Aenictus bayoni Menozzi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Uganda (Aenictus bayoni n. sp., Menozzi, 1933a: 94, illustrated, male) from Bugala, Sese Island, collected by E Bayon; male only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Aenictus bayoni male genitaliaMenozzi's (1933a) description is at {original description}.

{Aenictus bayoni}The photomontage of the type male is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905862

Oxford University Museum specimens

Aenictus bayoni
B Taylor det.
Male 		Central African Republic
P Annoyer
IU 		15.x.2008
Dzanga-Sangha
03°03'58.3" N
16°08'59.6" E 		528 m; Camp 1; 18h-7h; A la base de l'Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon, Sterculiaceae) à 50 m du Camp
 1
 {original description}

{Aenictus bayoni male}The photomontage of what appears to be a reasonable match to the Menozzi description and the Antweb images is of a male from the Central African Republic, collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR IU).  The wings are noticeably darker than the type above.

{Aenictus bayoni male details}The photomontage is of details of the above specimen from the Central African Republic.

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