Aenictus

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Aenictus

A. abeillei female

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ecitoninae
Tribe:	Dorylini
Genus:	Aenictus Shuckard, 1840

Diversity

> 100 species

Species

See article.

A. powersi worker

The army ant genus Aenictus is an enigmatic group known from Africa, tropical Asia, and Queensland. There are some 100 species presently recognized, though many other names are applied at the rank of subspecies. This group has in the past been classified as the tribe Aenictini in the former subfamily "Dorylinae", or even as its own subfamily Aenictinae.

Very little is known about the biology and behavior of these ants aside from the recognition that they do appear to be "army ants" in the broad sense (foraging via "raids", and no permanent nest site), and that they are closely related to the genus Dorylus, these two genera comprising the sister taxon to the New World Ecitonini.

1 Species
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links

[edit] Species

A. laeviceps queen and worker

A. congolensis queen and worker

A. silvestrii worker

A. abeillei (Andre, 1886)
A. alluaudi Santschi, 1910
A. alticola Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
A. ambiguus Shuckard, 1840
A. anceps Forel, 1910
A. annae Forel, 1911
A. aratus Forel, 1900
A. artipus Wilson, 1964
A. arya Forel, 1901
A. asantei Campione, Novak & Gotwald, 1983
A. asperivalvus Santschi, 1919
A. bakeri Menozzi, 1925
A. bayoni Menozzi, 1933
A. binghami Forel, 1900
A. biroi Forel, 1907
A. bottegoi Emery, 1899
A. brazzai Santschi, 1910
A. brevicornis (Mayr, 1879)
A. buttelreepeni Forel, 1913
A. buttgenbachi Forel, 1913
A. camposi Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
A. certus Westwood, 1842
A. ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866)
A. chapmani Wilson, 1964
A. clavatus Forel, 1901
A. clavitibia Forel, 1901
A. congolensis Santschi, 1911
A. cornutus Forel, 1900
A. crucifer Santschi, 1914
A. currax Emery, 1900
A. decolor (Mayr, 1879)
A. dentatus Forel, 1911
A. dlusskyi Arnol'di, 1968
A. doryloides Wilson, 1964
A. eugenii Emery, 1895
A. exilis Wilson, 1964
A. feae Emery, 1889
A. fergusoni Forel, 1901
A. foreli Santschi, 1919
A. furculatus Santschi, 1919
A. furibundus Arnold, 1959
A. fuscipennis Forel, 1913
A. fuscovarius Gerstaecker, 1859
A. gibbosus Dalla Torre, 1893
A. gleadowii Forel, 1901
A. gracilis Emery, 1893
A. grandis Bingham, 1903
A. hamifer Emery, 1896
A. hilli Clark, 1928
A. hottai Terayama & Yamane, 1989
A. humeralis Santschi, 1910
A. huonicus Wilson, 1964
A. icarus Forel, 1911
A. idoneus Menozzi, 1928
A. inconspicuus Westwood, 1843

A. jacobsoni Forel, 1909
A. javanus Emery, 1896
A. laeviceps (Smith, 1857)
A. latifemoratus Terayama & Yamane, 1989
A. latiscapus Forel, 1901
A. leliepvrei Bernard, 1953
A. lifuiae Terayama, 1984
A. longi Forel, 1901
A. luteus Emery, 1892
A. luzoni Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
A. mariae Emery, 1895
A. maroccanus Santschi, 1926
A. mauritanicus Santschi, 1910
A. mentu Weber, 1942
A. minutulus Terayama & Yamane, 1989
A. mocsaryi Emery, 1901
A. moebii Emery, 1895
A. mutatus Santschi, 1913
A. nganduensis Wilson, 1964
A. obscurus Smith, 1865
A. pachycerus (Smith, 1858)
A. peguensis Emery, 1895
A. pharoa Santschi, 1924
A. philiporum Wilson, 1964
A. philippinensis Chapman, 1963
A. piercei Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
A. porizonoides Walker, 1860
A. powersi Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
A. pubescens Smith, 1859
A. punctiventris Emery, 1901
A. punensis Forel, 1901
A. rabori Chapman, 1963
A. raptor Forel, 1913
A. reyesi Chapman, 1963
A. rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936
A. rixator Forel, 1901
A. rotundatus Mayr, 1901
A. rougieri Andre, 1893
A. sagei Forel, 1901
A. schneirlai Wilson, 1964
A. shuckardi Forel, 1901
A. silvestrii Wheeler, 1929
A. soudanicus Santschi, 1910
A. spathifer Santschi, 1928
A. steindachneri Mayr, 1901
A. sumatrensis Forel, 1913
A. togoensis Santschi, 1915
A. trigonus Forel, 1911
A. vagans Santschi, 1924
A. vaucheri Emery, 1915
A. villiersi Bernard, 1953
A. weissi Santschi, 1910
A. westwoodi Forel, 1901
A. wroughtonii Forel, 1890

[edit] References

Wilson, E.O., and B. Hölldobler (1990) The Ants ISBN 3540520929
ITIS: Genus Aenictus

[edit] Further reading

Wheeler, William M. (1930): Philippine ants of the genus Aenictus with descriptions of the females of two species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 38: 193-212. PDF