The Ants of Africa
Genus Aenictus
Aenictus bottegoi Emery

Aenictus bottegoi Emery

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Ethiopia - location given as "Lago Bass Narok" [seems to be northern Lake Turkana; although the specific name appears to apply to a lake on Central Island in Lake Turkana, Kenya - (Aenictus Bottegoi n. sp., Emery, 1899a: 499, illustrated male genitalia, male)
subspecies noctivagus (Aenictus Bottegoi Emery stirps noctivagus n. st., Santschi, 1913c: 303, illustrated, male genitalia) from Ethiopia; male only described .

Aenictus bottegoi male genitaliaEmery's (1899a) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1913c) description of noctivagus is at {original description}.

{Aenictus bottegoi}The photomontage of the type male is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905733
Note a male on http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0281965 is Aenictus alluaudi.
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