Aenictus
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| Aenictus | |
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| A. abeillei female | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ecitoninae |
| Tribe: | Dorylini |
| Genus: | Aenictus Shuckard, 1840 |
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| Diversity | |
| > 100 species | |
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.
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[edit] Species
- Aenictus abeillei (Andre, 1886)
- Aenictus alluaudi Santschi, 1910
- Aenictus alticola Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
- Aenictus ambiguus Shuckard, 1840
- Aenictus anceps Forel, 1910
- Aenictus annae Forel, 1911
- Aenictus aratus Forel, 1900
- Aenictus artipus Wilson, 1964
- Aenictus arya Forel, 1901
- Aenictus asantei Campione, Novak & Gotwald, 1983
- Aenictus asperivalvus Santschi, 1919
- Aenictus bakeri Menozzi, 1925
- Aenictus bayoni Menozzi, 1933
- Aenictus binghami Forel, 1900
- Aenictus biroi Forel, 1907
- Aenictus bottegoi Emery, 1899
- Aenictus brazzai Santschi, 1910
- Aenictus brevicornis (Mayr, 1879)
- Aenictus buttelreepeni Forel, 1913
- Aenictus buttgenbachi Forel, 1913
- Aenictus camposi Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
- Aenictus certus Westwood, 1842
- Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866)
- Aenictus chapmani Wilson, 1964
- Aenictus clavatus Forel, 1901
- Aenictus clavitibia Forel, 1901
- Aenictus congolensis Santschi, 1911
- Aenictus cornutus Forel, 1900
- Aenictus crucifer Santschi, 1914
- Aenictus currax Emery, 1900
- Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879)
- Aenictus dentatus Forel, 1911
- Aenictus dlusskyi Arnol'di, 1968
- Aenictus doryloides Wilson, 1964
- Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895
- Aenictus exilis Wilson, 1964
- Aenictus feae Emery, 1889
- Aenictus fergusoni Forel, 1901
- Aenictus foreli Santschi, 1919
- Aenictus furculatus Santschi, 1919
- Aenictus furibundus Arnold, 1959
- Aenictus fuscipennis Forel, 1913
- Aenictus fuscovarius Gerstaecker, 1859
- Aenictus gibbosus Dalla Torre, 1893
- Aenictus gleadowii Forel, 1901
- Aenictus gracilis Emery, 1893
- Aenictus grandis Bingham, 1903
- Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896
- Aenictus hilli Clark, 1928
- Aenictus hottai Terayama & Yamane, 1989
- Aenictus humeralis Santschi, 1910
- Aenictus huonicus Wilson, 1964
- Aenictus icarus Forel, 1911
- Aenictus idoneus Menozzi, 1928
- Aenictus inconspicuus Westwood, 1843
- Aenictus jacobsoni Forel, 1909
- Aenictus javanus Emery, 1896
- Aenictus laeviceps (Smith, 1857)
- Aenictus latifemoratus Terayama & Yamane, 1989
- Aenictus latiscapus Forel, 1901
- Aenictus leliepvrei Bernard, 1953
- Aenictus lifuiae Terayama, 1984
- Aenictus longi Forel, 1901
- Aenictus luteus Emery, 1892
- Aenictus luzoni Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
- Aenictus mariae Emery, 1895
- Aenictus maroccanus Santschi, 1926
- Aenictus mauritanicus Santschi, 1910
- Aenictus mentu Weber, 1942
- Aenictus minutulus Terayama & Yamane, 1989
- Aenictus mocsaryi Emery, 1901
- Aenictus moebii Emery, 1895
- Aenictus mutatus Santschi, 1913
- Aenictus nganduensis Wilson, 1964
- Aenictus obscurus Smith, 1865
- Aenictus pachycerus (Smith, 1858)
- Aenictus peguensis Emery, 1895
- Aenictus pharoa Santschi, 1924
- Aenictus philiporum Wilson, 1964
- Aenictus philippinensis Chapman, 1963
- Aenictus piercei Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
- Aenictus porizonoides Walker, 1860
- Aenictus powersi Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
- Aenictus pubescens Smith, 1859
- Aenictus punctiventris Emery, 1901
- Aenictus punensis Forel, 1901
- Aenictus rabori Chapman, 1963
- Aenictus raptor Forel, 1913
- Aenictus reyesi Chapman, 1963
- Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936
- Aenictus rixator Forel, 1901
- Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901
- Aenictus rougieri Andre, 1893
- Aenictus sagei Forel, 1901
- Aenictus schneirlai Wilson, 1964
- Aenictus shuckardi Forel, 1901
- Aenictus silvestrii Wheeler, 1929
- Aenictus soudanicus Santschi, 1910
- Aenictus spathifer Santschi, 1928
- Aenictus steindachneri Mayr, 1901
- Aenictus sumatrensis Forel, 1913
- Aenictus togoensis Santschi, 1915
- Aenictus trigonus Forel, 1911
- Aenictus vagans Santschi, 1924
- Aenictus vaucheri Emery, 1915
- Aenictus villiersi Bernard, 1953
- Aenictus weissi Santschi, 1910
- Aenictus westwoodi Forel, 1901
- Aenictus wroughtonii Forel, 1890
[edit] References
- Wilson, E.O., and B. Hölldobler (1990) The Ants ISBN 3540520929
- "Aenictus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=573888.
[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
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