Aenictogiton
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Aenictogitoninae |
| Genus: | Aenictogiton Emery, 1901 |
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7 species; see text. |
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Aenictogiton is a genus of ants, comprising seven rarely collected species, and given its own subfamily, Aenictogitoninae.[1] All of the species are known only from males from Central Africa and show a morphological and phylogenetic affinity to the army ant genus Dorylus.[1] Nothing is known about the workers, queens[1] and behavior of these ants. A few undescribed species are known to exist in a few collections in the world.
- Aenictogiton attenuatus - Santschi, 1919
- Aenictogiton bequaerti - Forel, 1913
- Aenictogiton elongatus - Santschi, 1919
- Aenictogiton emeryi - Forel, 1913
- Aenictogiton fossiceps - Emery, 1901 (type species)[2]
- Aenictogiton schoutedeni - Santschi, 1924
- Aenictogiton sulcatus - Santschi, 1919
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Brady, Seán G.; Ted R. Schultz, Brian L. Fisher, Philip S. Ward (2006-11-01). "Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (National Academy of Sciences) 103 (48): 18172–18177. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605858103. PMID 17079492.
- ^ "Genus: Aenictogiton". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=genus&name=aenictogiton&project=worldants. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
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