A New Taxonomic Status in the Ant Genus Aenictus from India (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Weeyawat Jaitrong

A New Taxonomic Status in the Ant Genus Aenictus from India (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Authors

Weeyawat Jaitrong Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand

Keywords:

Formicidae, army ant, Aentictus smythiesii, Taxonomy, India

Abstract

Four syntype workers of Aenictus laeviceps var. smythiesii Forel were examined. Two syntypes from Malaya belong to Aenticus laeviceps (Fr. Smith), while the other two from Assam, India belong to a distinct species, Aenictus smythiesii Forel, stat. nov. The lectotype and a paralectotype are designated for the species.

References

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Bolton, B. 1995. A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 504 pp.

Forel, A. 1901. Les formicides de l’Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part 8. Sous famille Dorylinae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13: 462-477.

Wilson, E.O. 1964. The true army ants of the Indo-Australian area (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Pacific Insects 6(3): 427-483.

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Published

2011-12-01

How to Cite

Jaitrong, W. (2011). A New Taxonomic Status in the Ant Genus Aenictus from India (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal, 5(2), 95–98. retrieved from https://li05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/thnhmj/article/view/1799