''Aenictus'' is a large
army ant genus distributed in the
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...
tropics and
subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from to approximately 35° north and ...
.
It contains about 181 species,
making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species,
distributed through the East
Mediterranean,
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
,
Oriental
The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the ...
,
Indo-Australian, and
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n regions.
[Brown WL Jr. (2000) Diversity of ants. In: Agosti et al. (Eds) Ants. standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Biological diversity hand book series. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, 280 pp.] Most of the species are
tropical,
with terrestrial habitats, foraging in soil,
leaf litter, most of the
Southeast Asian
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...
species forage on the ground, and some on trees
and hunting other ant species and termites.
Most species of the genus are specialized predators of other ants, especially of immature stages.
[Gotwald WH (1995) Army ants: the Biology of Social Predation. Cornell University Press, New York, 320 pp.][Rościszewski M, Maschwitz U (1994) Prey specialization of army ants of the genus Aenictus in Malaysia. Andrias 13: 179-187.] Only some Asian species such as ''
Aenictus gracilis'', ''
Aenictus laeviceps'', ''
Aenictus hodgsoni'', and ''
Aenictus paradentatus'' are known to hunt a variety of invertebrate prey, including ants, using a large number of workers in raids.
[Jaitrong W, Yamane Sk (2011) Synopsis of Aenictus species groups and revision of the A. currax and A. laeviceps groups in the eastern Oriental, Indo-Australian, and Australasian regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae). Zootaxa 3128: 1-46.] Foraging raids undertaken by these ants occur both day and night, usually across the ground surface but occasionally also in trees. During raids, numerous workers attack ant nests in a small area, with several workers coordinating their efforts to carry large prey items back to the nest or
bivouac.
Species of ''Aenictus'' are generally small, monomorphic and yellow to dark brown.
Species
*''
Aenictus acerbus''
Shattuck, 2008
*''
Aenictus aitkenii''
Forel, 1901
*''
Aenictus alluaudi''
Santschi, 1910
*''
Aenictus alticola
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Wheeler, 1930
*''
Aenictus ambiguus''
Shuckard, 1840
*''
Aenictus anceps
''Aenictus anceps'' is a species of tannish beige army ant found in Eritrea, and Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdā ...
''
Forel, 1910
*''
Aenictus annae
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, dist ...
''
Forel, 1911
*''
Aenictus appressipilosus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''
Aenictus arabicus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012
*''
Aenictus aratus
''Aenictus aratus'' is a species of beige and dark brown army ant found in Northern Australia. Parasitic depredation has been observed from Phoridae flies.https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=574236#n ...
''
Forel, 1900
*''
Aenictus artipus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Wilson, 1964
*''
Aenictus arya
''Aenictus arya'' is a species of light brown army ant found in India, specifically Karnataka and West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the ...
''
Forel, 1901
*''
Aenictus asantei
''Aenictus asantei'' is a species of brown army ant found in Nigeria and Ghana. The species has been observed column raiding Pheidole juveniles. It is named for the Asante people
The Asante, also known as Ashanti () are part of the Akan ethni ...
''
Campione, Novak & Gotwald, 1983
*''
Aenictus asperivalvus
''Aenictus asperivalvus'' is a species of light brown army ant found in Cote D'Ivoire
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital i ...
''
Santschi, 1919
*''
Aenictus bakeri
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Menozzi, 1925
*''
Aenictus baliensis
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''
Aenictus bayoni
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Menozzi, 1932
*''
Aenictus binghami
''Aenictus binghami'' is a species of tiger's eye-colored army ant found in Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. Colonies have been described in detail in Pak Chong District of Thailand, and Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam, where a queen wa ...
''
Forel, 1900
*''
Aenictus biroi
''Aenictus biroi'' is a species of reddish brown army ant found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly know ...
''
Forel, 1907
*''
Aenictus bobaiensis
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Zhou & Chen, 1999
*''
Aenictus bodongjaya
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''
Aenictus bottegoi
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Emery, 1899
*''
Aenictus brazzai
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Santschi, 1910
*''
Aenictus breviceps
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Forel, 1912
*''
Aenictus brevicornis
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
(Mayr, 1879)
*''
Aenictus brevinodus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''
Aenictus brevipodus
''Aenictus brevipodus'' is a species of ant in the Dorylinae subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard n ...
''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''
Aenictus buttelreepeni
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, dis ...
''
Forel, 1913
*''
Aenictus buttgenbachi
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Forel, 1913
*''
Aenictus camposi
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
*''
Aenictus carolianus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Zettel & Sorger, 2010
*''
Aenictus certus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Westwood, 1842
*''
Aenictus ceylonicus''
(Mayr, 1866)
*''
Aenictus changmaianus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Terayama & Kubota, 1993
*''
Aenictus chapmani
''Aenictus chapmani'' is a species of dark brown army ant found in Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Specific populations have been studied in the Huon Peninsula and near Dumaguete.https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/Sin ...
''
Wilson, 1964
*''
Aenictus clavatus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Forel, 1901
*''
Aenictus clavitibia
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Forel, 1901
*''
Aenictus concavus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''
Aenictus congolensis
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distri ...
''
Santschi, 1911
*''
Aenictus cornutus
''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Biology and distribution
The genus presently has 181 species, distr ...
''
Forel, 1900
*''Aenictus crucifer''
Santschi, 1914
*''Aenictus currax''
Emery, 1900
*''Aenictus cylindripetiolus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus decolor''
(Mayr, 1879)
*''Aenictus dentatus''
Forel, 1911
*''Aenictus diclops''
Shattuck, 2008
*''Aenictus dlusskyi''
Arnol'di, 1968
*''Aenictus doryloides''
Wilson, 1964
*''Aenictus doydeei''
Jaitrong, Yamane & Chanthalangsy, 2011
*''Aenictus duengkaei''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
*''Aenictus eguchii''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus eugenii''
Emery, 1895
*''Aenictus exilis''
Wilson, 1964
*''Aenictus feae''
Emery, 1889
*''Aenictus fergusoni''
Forel, 1901
*''Aenictus foreli''
Santschi, 1919
*''Aenictus formosensis''
Forel, 1913
*''Aenictus fuchuanensis''
Zhou, 2001
*''Aenictus fulvus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''Aenictus furculatus''
Santschi, 1919
*''Aenictus furibundus''
Arnold, 1959
*''Aenictus fuscipennis''
Forel, 1913
*''Aenictus fuscovarius''
Gerstäcker, 1859
*''Aenictus gibbosus''
Dalla Torre, 1893
*''Aenictus glabratus''
Jaitrong & Nur-Zati, 2010
*''Aenictus glabrinotum''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''Aenictus gleadowii''
Forel, 1901
*''Aenictus gonioccipus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''
Aenictus gracilis''
Emery, 1893
*''Aenictus grandis''
Bingham, 1903
*''Aenictus gutianshanensis''
Staab, 2014
*''Aenictus hamifer''
Emery, 1896
*''Aenictus henanensis''
Li & Wang, 2005
*''Aenictus hilli''
Clark, 1928
*''
Aenictus hodgsoni''
Forel, 1901
*''Aenictus hottai''
Terayama & Yamane, 1989
*''Aenictus humeralis''
Santschi, 1910
*''Aenictus huonicus''
Wilson, 1964
*''Aenictus icarus''
Forel, 1911
*''Aenictus idoneus''
Menozzi, 1928
*''Aenictus inconspicuus''
Westwood, 1845
*''Aenictus indicus''
Bharti, Wachkoo & Kumar, 2012
*''Aenictus inflatus''
Yamane & Hashimoto, 1999
*''Aenictus itoi''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus jacobsoni''
Forel, 1909
*''Aenictus jarujini''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010
*''Aenictus javanus''
Emery, 1896
*''Aenictus jawadwipa''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus khaoyaiensis''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus kutai''
Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
*''
Aenictus laeviceps''
(Smith, 1857)
*''Aenictus latifemoratus''
Terayama & Yamane, 1989
*''Aenictus latiscapus''
Forel, 1901
*''Aenictus leliepvrei''
Bernard, 1953
*''Aenictus leptotyphlatta''
Jaitrong & Eguchi, 2010
*''Aenictus levior''
(Karavaiev, 1926)
*''Aenictus lifuiae''
Terayama, 1984
*''Aenictus longi''
Forel, 1901
*''Aenictus longicephalus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus longinodus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
*''Aenictus luteus''
Emery, 1892
*''Aenictus luzoni''
Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
*''Aenictus maneerati''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus mariae''
Emery, 1895
*''Aenictus mauritanicus''
Santschi, 1910
*''Aenictus mentu''
Weber, 1942
*''Aenictus minimus''
Jaitrong & Hashimoto, 2012
*''Aenictus minipetiolus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus minutulus''
Terayama & Yamane, 1989
*''Aenictus mocsaryi''
Emery, 1901
*''Aenictus moebii''
Emery, 1895
*''Aenictus montivagus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''Aenictus mutatus''
Santschi, 1913
*''Aenictus nesiotis''
Wheeler, 1930
*''Aenictus nganduensis''
Wilson, 1964
*''Aenictus nishimurai''
Terayama & Kubota, 1993
*''Aenictus obscurus''
Smith, 1865
*''Aenictus orientalis''
(Karavaiev, 1926)
*''Aenictus pachycerus''
(Smith, 1858)
*''Aenictus pangantihoni''
Zettel & Sorger, 2010
*''
Aenictus paradentatus''
Jaitrong, Yamane & Tasen, 2012
*''Aenictus parahuonicus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''Aenictus peguensis''
Emery, 1895
*''Aenictus pfeifferi''
Zettel & Sorger, 2010
*''Aenictus pharoa''
Santschi, 1924
*''Aenictus philiporum''
Wilson, 1964
*''Aenictus philippinensis''
Chapman, 1963
*''Aenictus piercei''
Wheeler, 1930
*''Aenictus pilosus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus pinkaewi''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus porizonoides''
Walker, 1860
*''Aenictus powersi''
Wheeler, 1930
*''Aenictus prolixus''
Shattuck, 2008
*''Aenictus pubescens''
Smith, 1859
*''Aenictus punctatus''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
*''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''
Emery, 1901
*''Aenictus rotundatus''
Mayr, 1901
*''Aenictus rotundicollis''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''Aenictus rougieri''
André, 1893
*''Aenictus sagei''
Forel, 1901
*''Aenictus schneirlai''
Wilson, 1964
*''Aenictus shillongensis''
Mathew & Tiwari, 2000
*''Aenictus shuckardi''
Forel, 1901
*''Aenictus siamensis''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''Aenictus silvestrii''
Wheeler, 1929
*''Aenictus sonchaengi''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''Aenictus soudanicus''
Santschi, 1910
*''Aenictus spathifer''
Santschi, 1928
*''Aenictus steindachneri''
Mayr, 1901
*''Aenictus stenocephalus''
Jaitrong, Yamane & Wiwatwitaya, 2010
*''Aenictus subterraneus''
Jaitrong & Hashimoto, 2012
*''Aenictus sulawesiensis''
Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
*''Aenictus sumatrensis''
Forel, 1913
*''Aenictus sundalandensis''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus thailandianus''
Terayama & Kubota, 1993
*''Aenictus togoensis''
Santschi, 1915
*''Aenictus trigonus''
Forel, 1911
*''Aenictus turneri''
Forel, 1900
*''Aenictus vagans''
Santschi, 1924
*''Aenictus vaucheri''
Emery, 1915
*''Aenictus vieti''
Jaitrong, Yamane & Wiwatwitaya, 2010
*''Aenictus villiersi''
Bernard, 1953
*''Aenictus watanasiti''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus wayani''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
*''Aenictus weissi''
Santschi, 1910
*''Aenictus westwoodi''
Forel, 1901
*''Aenictus wilaiae''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus wilsoni''
Bharti, Wachkoo & Kumar, 2012
*''Aenictus wiwatwitayai''
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
*''Aenictus wroughtonii''
Forel, 1890
*''Aenictus wudangshanensis''
Wang, 2006
*''Aenictus yamanei''
Wiwatwitaya & Jaitrong, 2011
*''Aenictus zhengi''
Zhang, 1995
References
*
*
*
External links
*
*
{{Taxonbar, from=Q310045
Dorylinae
Ant genera
Taxa named by William Edward Shuckard