The Ants of Africa
Genus Aenictus
Aenictus moebii Emery

Aenictus moebii Emery

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Togo (Aenictus möbii n. sp., Emery, 1895j: 747, illustrated, male) from Bismarckburg, collector Büttner
subspecies sankisianus (Aenictus Moebii Em. r. sankisianus n. stirps,Forel, 1913b: 312, male) from Zaïre, Sankisia, Katanga, Dr Bequaert
males only described (see Bolton, 1995) .


{Aenictus moebii}Emery's (1895j) description of the male is at {original description}. Description expanded and illustrated in Santschi, 1920d: 369 {original description}. Forel's (1913b) description of sankisianus is at {original description}.

Also from Ivory Coast, at Dimbroko, by Le Moult (in Wheeler, 1922).


Aenictus moebii maleThe photomontage is of the holotype male collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903757


Oxford University Museum specimens

Aenictus moebii
B Taylor det.
Male

Central African Republic
P Annoyer
IC
13.x.2008
Dzanga-Sangha
03°03'58.3" N
16°08'59.6" E
528 m; Camp 1; a 20 m de l'Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon, Sterculiaceae) dans la forêt 1
{original description}

{Aenictus moebii male}The photomontage of what appears to be a reasonable match to the descriptions and photographs is of a male from the Central African Republic, collector Philippe Annoyer (IC).

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