Genus Aenictus Shuckard, 1840
- Aenictus Shuckard, W.E. 1840. Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of these Hymenoptera Heterogyna. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 5: 258-271 [266].
Type species:
Aenictus ambiguus Shuckard, 1840 by original designation. - Paraenictus Wheeler, 1929.
Type species:
Aenictus (Paraenictus) silvestrii Wheeler, 1929 by monotypy. - Typhlatta Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore by A. R. Wallace. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2: 42-130 [2 Nov. 1857] [79].
Type species:
Typhlatta laeviceps Smith, 1857 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Forel, A. 1890. Aenictus-Typhlatta découverte de M. Först Wroughton. Nouveaux genres de Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 34: cii-cxiv [103]
- Wilson, E.O. 1964. The true army ants of the Indo-Australian area (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Pacific Insects 6: 427-483 [10 Nov. 1964] [444]
Introduction
Following the last revision by Borowiec (2016) Aenictus includes more than 180 species which makes it the most conspicuous genus of Dorylinae. The distribution spans throughout Africa and eastwards through Middle East to China and Australia, with single species known from Greece and Armenia.
The species-level taxonomy of the Australian fauna was examined by Shattuck (2008).
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866) [A. ceylonicus is now known to be restricted to India, Sri Lanka and South-east Asia] — Shattuck, S.O. 2008. Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr). Zootaxa 1926: 1-19 [16]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South Palaearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental Regions; New Guinea and east Melanesia in Australian Region.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld: Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)
Distribution References
- Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280
- Brown, W.L. jr 1973. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. pp. 161–185 in Meggers, B.J., Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. (eds) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Shattuck, S.O. 2008. Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr). Zootaxa 1926: 1-19 [1]
General References
Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280
Shattuck, S.O. 2008. Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr). Zootaxa 1926: 1-19 [1]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-May-2023 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 09-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-May-2022 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Feb-2022 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | VESPOIDEA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | FORMICIDAE | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | VESPOIDEA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | FORMICIDAE | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | FORMICIDAE | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-May-2010 | MODIFIED |