Aenictus mentu Weber, 1942

Gómez, Kiko, 2022, A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Dorylinae ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste, Belgian Journal of Entomology 124, pp. 1-86 : 45-46

Aenictus mentu Weber, 1942

( Figs 28 A–D , 29 )

Aenictus mentu WEBER, 1942: 40 , fig. 2 (w.)

Syntype, SOUTH SUDAN: Equatoria Region, Imatong Mountains (Neal A. Weber) 24 Jul- 5 Aug. 1939. (1w) [ MCZC: ENT:26131] MCZC [Material seen on web].

The type material is located at the MCZC, but it wasn’t available for examination for this study. Also, no other specimens were found in any of the major museum collections that provided access or material loans. I have provisionally placed this species in the same group as A. rixator due to measurements from the type images (HW~0.40, CI~90), habitus, clypeal shape and mandibles. Based on paucity of material and the limited image quality, presently I have to refrain from offering a more accurate diagnosis or description until the types can be analyzed in detail.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. Known only from the type series.

DISTRIBUTION. North-East Africa, known only from the Type location in South Sudan ( Fig. 29 ).

Figures

Fig. 28. Aenictus mentu, syntype (MCZC:ENT:26131). A, head, dorsal view. B, habitus, lateral view. C, mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole, lateral view. D, mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole, dorsal view.

Fig. 29. Distribution of A. mentu.