The Ants of Africa
Genus Aenictus
Aenictus buttgenbachi Forel

Aenictus buttgenbachi Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Forel, 1913b: 313) from Valley of the Lumbumbashi, by Buttgenbach; male only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1913b) description is at {original description}.

Wheeler (1922) records it also from Tanzania - citing Santschi (1914b: 68), but that had no descriptions other than noting the male was slightly shorter, TL 8.5 mm, and the wings 8.7 mm, with a blueish reflection, a single worker was noted..
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