Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Author
Borowiec, Marek L.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.608.9427
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.608.9427
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Taxon
classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae
Aenictus Shuckard, 1840b
= Paraenictus
Wheeler, W. M., 1929
= Typhlatta
Smith, 1857
Type-species.
Aenictus ambiguus
, by original designation.
This Old World lineage contains some of the more conspicuous army ants and is the largest doryline genus with 183 described species.
Diagnosis.
Worker. The workers of
Aenictus
be recognized by a combination of 8 to 10-segmented antennae, propodeal spiracle positioned high on the propodeum, and conspicuously binodal waist (abdominal segment IV is conspicuously the largest abdominal segment).
Aenictus
is most similar to the New World genus
Neivamyrmex
, which can be distinguished by 12-segmented antennae. Two other army ant genera co-occur with
Aenictus
:
Aenictogiton
and
Dorylus
. In
Aenictogiton
there are also constrictions between abdominal segments
IV-VI
, absent from
Aenictus
.
Dorylus
has a uninodal waist with no tapering towards the anterior of abdominal segment IV.
Male. The males of
Aenictus
are of decidedly army ant-like habitus and distinguishable from other dorylines by a combination of single segment in the waist, femora never extremely flattened relative to tibia, M·f1 vein of fore wing situated distal or near to cu-a, Rs·f2-3 absent, pterostigma broad and conspicuous. All New World army ant genera with similar habitus can be distinguished by fore wing venation, in particular presence of Rs·f2-3 and marginal cell closed along the leading edge by R·f3 connected to Rs·f5. In the Old World,
Aenictogiton
males can be easily told apart by their
'hanging'
Rs·f2-3 vein in the fore wing, while
Dorylus
have a narrow pterostigma and dramatically flattened femora that contrast with tibiae that are more circular in cross-section.
Description.
Worker.Head: Antennae with 8, 9, or 10 segments. Apical antennal segment not enlarged, not broader and longer than two preceding segments combined to moderately enlarged, broader than and about equal in length to two preceding segments combined. Clypeus with cuticular apron. Lateroclypeal teeth absent.
Parafrontal ridges
absent or reduced. Torulo-posttorular complex vertical. Antennal scrobes absent. Labrum with median notch or concavity. Proximal face of stipes not projecting beyond inner margin of sclerite, prementum exposed when mouthparts fully closed. Maxillary palps 2-segmented. Labial palps 2-segmented. Mandibles triangular, with teeth or with one median tooth, or falcate. Eyes absent. Ocelli absent. Head capsule with differentiated vertical posterior surface above occipital foramen; in some species differentiation weak. Ventrolateral margins of head without lamella or ridge extending towards mandibles and beyond carina surrounding occipital foramen. Posterior head corners dorsolaterally immarginate. Carina surrounding occipital foramen ventrally absent. Mesosoma: Pronotal flange not separated from collar by distinct ridge. Promesonotal connection with Pronotomesopleural suture completely fused.
Pronotomesopleural suture
completely fused;
Aenictus philippinensis
group species with grooved cuticular lip anteriorly.
Mesometapleural groove
not impressed to deeply impressed, conspicuous. Transverse
groove
dividing mesopleuron absent. Pleural endophragmal pit concavity absent. Mesosoma dorsolaterally immarginate. Metanotal depression or
groove
on mesosoma absent or present. Propodeal spiracle situated high on sclerite. Propodeal declivity with or without distinct dorsal edge or margin and triangular or broadly oval in posterior view. Metapleural gland with bulla visible through cuticle. Propodeal lobes present, short. Metasoma: Petiole anterodorsally marginate with carina low on anterior face, dorsolaterally immarginate, and laterally above spiracle immarginate or marginate. Helcium in relation to tergosternal Pronotomesopleural suture placed at posttergite and infraaxial. Prora forming a V-shaped protrusion or narrowed into anteriorly directed spine. Spiracle openings of abdominal segments
IV-VI
circular. Abdominal segment III anterodorsally immarginate, dorsolaterally immarginate. Abdominal segment III about half size of succeeding segment IV, which is strongly constricted at presegmental portion (binodal waist). Girdling constriction of segment IV present, i.e. pre- and postsclerites distinct. Cinctus of abdominal segment IV a gradual concavity, not gutter-like. Abdominal segment IV conspicuously the largest segment. Abdominal tergite IV not folding over sternite, and anterior portions of sternite and tergite equally well visible in lateral view. Girdling constriction between pre- and posttergites of abdominal segments V and VI absent. Girdling constriction between pre- and poststernites of abdominal segments V and VI absent. Pygidium small, reduced to narrow strip, without impressed medial field and simple, not armed with cuticular spines or modified setae. Hypopygium unarmed. Legs: Mid tibia with two spurs, one barbulate and one simple, or with two simple spurs. Hind tibia with two barbulate/simple spurs or with one barbulate and one pectinate spur. Hind basitarsus not widening distally, circular in cross-section. Posterior flange of hind coxa not produced as raised lamella. Metatibial gland present as oval patch of whitish cuticle to patch occupying at least half of tibia length. Metabasitarsal gland absent. Hind pretarsal claws simple. Polymorphism: Monomorphic to moderately polymorphic.
Male.Head: Antennae with 13 segments. Clypeus without cuticular apron.
Parafrontal ridges
absent. Torulo-posttorular complex vertical, reduced to vertical carina or entirely absent. Maxillary palps 2-segmented. Labial palps 1-segmented. Mandibles falcate. Ventrolateral margins of head without lamella or ridge extending towards mandibles and beyond carina surrounding occipital foramen. Carina surrounding occipital foramen ventrally absent. Mesosoma: Pronotal flange not separated from collar by distinct ridge.
Notauli
absent. Transverse
groove
dividing mesopleuron absent. Propodeal declivity reduced, without distinct dorsal edge or margin. Metapleural gland opening absent. Propodeal lobes absent. Metasoma: Petiole anterodorsally immarginate, dorsolaterally immarginate, and laterally above spiracle immarginate. Helcium in relation to tergosternal Pronotomesopleural suture placed at Pronotomesopleural suture and axial. Prora simple, not delimited by carina. Spiracle openings of abdominal segments
IV-VI
circular, oval, or slit-shaped. Abdominal segment III more than half size of succeeding segment IV; latter weakly constricted at presegmental portion (uninodal waist). Girdling constriction of segment IV absent, i.e. pre- and postsclerites indistinct. Cinctus of abdominal segment IV absent, not impressed. Girdling constriction between pre- and postsclerites of abdominal
segments
V and VI absent. Abdominal segment IV not conspicuously largest segment. Abdominal sternite VII simple. Abdominal sternite IX distally armed with two spines, with lateral apodemes about as long as medial apodeme, directed anteriorly (towards head). Genitalia: Cupula strap-like, very short relative to rest of genital capsule and of approximately equal length on both dorsal and ventral surfaces. Basimere broadly fused to telomere, basimere with no sulcus trace at junction, and ventrally with left and right arms separated. Telomere expanded at apex.
Volsella
variable. Penisvalva not flattened at apex, expanded. Legs: Mid tibia without spurs or with two simple spurs. Hind tibia without spurs or with two simple spurs. Posterior flange of hind coxa not produced as raised lamella. Metatibial gland absent. Metabasitarsal glands absent. Hind pretarsal claws simple. Wings: Tegula present, narrow, demilanceolate in shape. Vein C in fore wing present. Pterostigma broad. Abscissa R·f3 absent. Abscissae Rs·f2-3 absent. Cross-vein 2r-rs present, connected to Rs·f2-3&Rs·f4. Abscissae Rs·f4-5 differentiated into Rs·f4 and Rs·f5 by 2rs-m. Abscissa M·f2 in fore wing contiguous with Rs+M. Abscissa M·f4 in fore wing present, reaching or not reaching wing margin. Cross-vein 1m-cu in fore wing present. Cross-vein cu-a in fore wing present, arising from Cu and distal to, at or near M·f1. Vein Cu in fore wing present, with only Cu1 branch prominent. Vein A in fore wing with abscissae A·f1 and A·f2 present. Vein C in hind wing absent. Vein R in hind wing absent or present, extending past Sc+R but not reaching distal wing margin. Vein Sc+R in hind wing present. Abscissa Rs·f1 in hind wing present, contiguous with Rs·f2. Abscissa Rs·f2 in hind wing present, not reaching wing margin. Cross-vein 1rs-m in hind wing present, about as long as M·f1. Vein M+Cu in hind wing present. Abscissa M·f1 in hind wing present. Abscissa M·f2 in hind wing present. Cross-vein cu-a in hind wing present. Vein Cu in hind wing present. Vein A in hind wing with abscissae A·f1 and A·f2 present.
Gyne. Dichthadiiform, blind and with one or none ocelli, so far known in 13 species (
Bharti 2003
).
Larva. Larvae of several Indomalayan and Australasian
Aenictus
species have been described (
Wheeler 1943
,
Wheeler and Wheeler 1964b
,
1984
,
1990
). Cocoons are absent.
Distribution.
Aenictus
is widely distributed in the Old World. The vast majority of species is found in Southeast Asia, with the Afrotropics being the other center of diversity. A few species range into the southern parts of the Palearctic region, and there is a number of species known from Australia.
Taxonomy and phylogeny.
The phylogenetic position of
Aenictus
has been difficult to infer. Phylogenomic data suggests that it is sister to the
Aenictogiton
plus
Dorylus
clade but they also show that these two lineages diverged very long ago, most likely in the Cretaceous (Borowiec, in prep.). The comprehensive morphology-based study of
Brady and Ward (2005)
placed it sister to
Aenictogiton
plus
Dorylus
; subsequent molecular analyses recovered it sister to New World army ants (
Brady et al. 2006
) and, later, sister to the
Aenictogiton
plus
Dorylus
clade, although with low support (
Brady et al. 2014
). The internal phylogeny shows that the African species of
Aenictus
are nested within South East Asian forms (Munetoshi Maruyama pers. comm.; Borowiec, in prep.).
Aenictus
was first described based on a male from India, named for its 'aenigmatical
structure'
by
Shuckard (1840b)
. Shuckard correctly recognized its affinity to other doryline ants, but the worker caste was not known at the time. Frederick
Smith (1857)
described a new genus based on workers,
Typhlatta
from Borneo, from material collected by Alfred Russell Wallace. It was not until 1890 that the male and workers of these ants were collected together (
Forel 1890
c).
The
trend of describing unassociated males unfortunately continued and
Aenictus
is an example of 'dual
taxonomy'
. Many names are either worker- or male-based, and there is no single species known from workers, queens and males (
Gotwald and Leroux 1980
,
Bolton 2003
). The internal phylogeny of the genus has been tackled with the cladistics analysis of
Wilson (1964)
and a phenetic study of quantitative traits (
Gotwald and Barr 1988
). As of this writing, Munetoshi Maruyama (pers. comm.) is working on a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the genus. The taxonomy of the Asian forms received most attention and was first the subject of a thorough revision of
Wilson (1964)
, recently followed by a long series of studies that described many new taxa and provided new keys for most of the species groups (
Bharti et al. 2012
,
Jaitrong and Eguchi 2010
,
Jaitrong and Hashimoto 2012
,
Jaitrong and Nur-Zati 2010
,
Jaitrong and Wiwatwitaya 2013
,
Jaitrong and Yamane 2010
,
2011a
,
2012b
,
2013
,
Jaitrong et al. 2010
,
2011
,
2012
,
Li and Wang 2005
,
Liu et al. 2015
,
Mathew and Tiwari 2000
,
Staab 2014a
,
Staab 2015
,
Terayama and Yamane 1989
,
Terayama and Kubota 1993
,
Wang 2006
,
Wong and
Guenard
2016
,
Wiwatwitaya and Jaitrong 2011
,
Yamane and Hashimoto 1999
, Yamane and Wang 2015,
Zettel and Sorger 2010
,
Zhou 2001
,
Zhou and Chen 1999
). Jaitrong and Yamane (2011) established the current species-group classification and provided keys that make identifications in this large genus feasible.
Shattuck (2008)
revised the Australian species. In contrast to the Asian fauna, the taxonomy of African species has been largely neglected and never received a comprehensive treatment. Because of the above mentioned 'dual
taxonomy'
it is even difficult to give an estimate of the total number of species in the Afrotropical region, although
Wilson (1964)
estimated the number of species to be 'at least 12'. Papers by
Campione et al. (1983)
,
Gotwald and Cunningham-van Someren (1976)
, and
Gotwald and Leroux (1980)
are the only modern references discussing taxonomy of Afrotropical
Aenictus
. Several species of the genus reach the Palearctic region; recently
Aktac
et al. (2004)
and
Radchenko and Alipanah (2004)
discussed the West Palearctic species and
Sharaf et al. (2012)
described an additional species from Saudi Arabia.
Biology.
Given the number of described species and their abundance and importance as insect predators in the Old World tropics, the biology of
Aenictus
is poorly studied. The impressive species and morphological diversity is likely reflected in the diversity of habits, although all thus far observed species seem to be specialized predators of other ants (but see
Staab 2014b
for a report on honeydew feeding). Members of some groups are known to form colonies of up to 80,000 individuals, forage above-ground in conspicuous columns and bivouac in semi-open spaces, while others are much more inconspicuous and cryptic.
Aenictus
queens synchronize brood production and colony life cycle goes through statary and nomadic phases (
Schneirla and Reyes 1966
). The nomadic phase lasts on average 14 days, about the same amount of time as in the Neotropical genera, but the statary phase is much longer and lasts 28 days, as opposed to 20 days in
Eciton
. During the nomadic phase in
Eciton
the daily colony emigrations always follow raids, whereas in
Aenictus
they can be initiated after a time of quiescence and occur without regularity, often multiple times a day. The descriptions of foraging behavior for several species are available;
Wilson (1964)
in his revision pro
vides
notes on foraging of selected species.
Chapman (1965)
recounts observations of a few species in the Philippines, mostly
Aenictus gracilis
and
Aenictus laeviceps
, and
Schneirla and Reyes (1966
,
1969
) study these two epigaeic species in detail.
Schneirla (1971)
compares raiding and emigration behavior of
Aenictus laeviceps
to other army ants,
Eciton
and
Neivamyrmex
.
Rosciszewski
and Maschwitz (1994)
and Hirosawa et al. (2000) studied prey specialization among sympatric
Aenictus
in Asia. Both studies found evidence of resource partitioning and observed differences in foraging strategies.
Gotwald and Cunningham-van Someren (1976)
and
Gotwald (1976)
are the only publications focusing on the behavior of African forms. At least some species support a community of myrmecophiles (
Chapman 1965
,
Maruyama et al. 2009
).
Billen and Gotwald (1988)
described the anatomy of Dufour gland in three Asian
Aenictus
and argued that its structure, unusual among ants, shows affinity with
Dorylus
.
Oldham et al. (1994)
characterized the trail pheromone of
Aenictus
species related to
Aenictus laeviceps
and demonstrated that it is produced by the postpygidial gland and
Billen et al. (1999)
further studied the structure of this gland.
Hoelldobler
et al. (1996)
described the histology and ultrastructure of the metatibial gland in
Aenictus ceylonicus
.
Species of
Aenictus
Aenictus abeillei
(
Andre
, 1886): Algeria
Aenictus acerbus
Shattuck, 2008: Australia
Aenictus aitkenii
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus alluaudi
Santschi, 1910c: Kenya
Aenictus alluaudi falcifer
Santschi, 1924: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aenictus alticola
Wheeler, W. M. and Chapman, 1930a: Philippines
Aenictus ambiguus
Shuckard, 1840b: India
Aenictus anceps
Forel, 1910b: Eritrea
Aenictus annae
Forel, 1911a: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus appressipilosus
Jaitrong andYamane, 2013: Malaysia (Sabah)
Aenictus arabicus
Sharaf and Aldawood, 2012: Saudi Arabia
Aenictus aratus
Forel, 1900a: Australia
Aenictus artipus
Wilson, 1964: Thailand
Aenictus arya
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus asantei
Campione, Novak and Gotwald, 1983: Ghana
Aenictus asperivalvus
Santschi, 1919a: Ivory Coast
Aenictus bakeri
Menozzi, 1925: Philippines
Aenictus baliensis
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia (Bali)
Aenictus bayoni
Menozzi, 1932: Uganda
Aenictus binghami
Forel, 1900a: Myanmar
Aenictus biroi
Forel, 1907a: Sri Lanka
Aenictus bobaiensis
Zhou and Chen, 1999: China
Aenictus bodongjaya
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus
bottegoi
Emery, 1899a: Ethiopia
Aenictus bottegoi noctivagus
Santschi, 1913: Ethiopia
Aenictus brazzai
Santschi, 1910: Republic of the Congo
Aenictus breviceps
Forel, 1912b: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus brevicornis
(Mayr, 1879): India
Aenictus brevinodus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Aenictus brevipodus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Vietnam
Aenictus buttelreepeni
Forel, 1913c: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus buttgenbachi
Forel, 1913a: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aenictus camposi
Wheeler, W. M. and Chapman, 1925: Philippines
Aenictus carolianus
Zettel and Sorger, 2010: Philippines
Aenictus certus
Westwood, 1842: India
Aenictus ceylonicus
(Mayr, 1866a): Sri Lanka
Aenictus changmaianus
Terayama and Kubota, 1993: Thailand
Aenictus chapmani
Wilson, 1964: Papua New Guinea
Aenictus clavatus
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus clavatus atripennis
Forel, 1913c: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus clavatus kanariensis
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus clavatus sundaicus
Forel, 1909c: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus clavitibia
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus clavitibia facetus
Forel, 1911a: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus concavus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Thailand
Aenictus congolensis
Santschi, 1911a: 'Congo
francais'
Aenictus cornutus
Forel, 1900a: Malaysia (Sarawak)
Aenictus crucifer
Santschi, 1914a: Kenya
Aenictus crucifer tuberculatus
Arnold, 1915: Zimbabwe
Aenictus currax
Emery, 1900a: Papua New Guinea
Aenictus cylindripetiolus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Thailand
Aenictus decolor
(Mayr, 1879):
'Ost-Afrika'
Aenictus dentatus
Forel, 1911c: Malaysia (Negeri Sembilan)
Aenictus diclops
Shattuck, 2008: Australia
Aenictus dlusskyi
Arnol'di
, 1968: Armenia
Aenictus doryloides
Wilson, 1964: India
Aenictus doydeei
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011b: Laos,
Aenictus duengkaei
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2012: Thailand
Aenictus eguchii
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Vietnam
Aenictus eugenii
Emery, 1895a: South Africa
Aenictus eugenii caroli
Forel, 1910b: Eritrea
Aenictus eugenii henrii
Santschi, 1924: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aenictus exilis
Wilson, 1964: Papua New Guinea
Aenictus feae
Emery, 1889: Myanmar
Aenictus fergusoni
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus foreli
Santschi, 1919a: Ivory Coast
Aenictus
formosensis
Forel, 1913b: Taiwan
Aenictus fuchuanensis
Zhou, 2001: China
Aenictus fulvus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Thailand
Aenictus furculatus
Santschi, 1919a: Senegal
Aenictus furculatus andrieui
Santschi, 1930: Sudan
Aenictus furibundus
Arnold, 1959: Zimbabwe
Aenictus fuscipennis
Forel, 1913c: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus fuscovarius
Gerstaecker
, 1859: Mozambique
Aenictus fuscovarius laetior
Forel, 1910b: Eritrea
Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii
Emery, 1892: Sudan
Aenictus fuscovarius sagittarius
Santschi, 1938: Egypt
Aenictus gibbosus
Dalla Torre, 1893: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus gibbosus ashaverus
Forel, 1913c: Indonesia
Aenictus glabratus
Jaitrong and Nur-Zati, 2010: Malaysia (Selangor)
Aenictus glabrinotum
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011: Malaysia (Sabah)
Aenictus gleadowii
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus gonioccipus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Aenictus gracilis
Emery, 1893b: Malaysia (Sarawak)
Aenictus grandis
Bingham, 1903: Myanmar
Aenictus gutianshanensis
Staab 2014a
: China
Aenictus hamifer
Emery, 1896d: Ethiopia/Somalia
Aenictus hamifer spinosior
Stitz, 1917: Algeria
Aenictus henanensis
Li and Wang, 2005: China
Aenictus hilli
Clark, 1928: Australia
Aenictus hodgsoni
Forel, 1901a: Myanmar
Aenictus hoelldobleri
Staab, 2015: China
Aenictus hottai
Terayama and Yamane, 1989: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus humeralis
Santschi, 1910c: Mali
Aenictus humeralis chevalieri
Santschi, 1910c: Senegal
Aenictus humeralis viridans
Santschi, 1915: Benin
Aenictus huonicus
Wilson, 1964: Papua New Guinea
Aenictus icarus
Forel, 1911a: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus icarus incautus
Forel, 1911a: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus idoneus
Menozzi, 1928: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus inconspicuus
Westwood, 1845: South Africa
Aenictus indicus
Bharti, Wachkoo and Kumar, 2012: India
Aenictus inflatus
Yamane and Hashimoto, 1999: Malaysia (Sarawak)
Aenictus itoi
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus jacobsoni
Forel, 1909c: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus jarujini
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2010a: Thailand
Aenictus javanus
Emery, 1896a: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus jawadwipa
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus khaoyaiensis
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Thailand
Aenictus
kutai
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia
Aenictus laeviceps
(Smith, F., 1857): Malaysia (Sarawak)
Aenictus latifemoratus
Terayama and Yamane, 1989: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus latiscapus
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus latiscapus fumatus
Wheeler, W. M., 1927: China
Aenictus latiscapus sauteri
Forel, 1913b: Taiwan
Aenictus leliepvrei
Bernard, 1953a: Algeria
Aenictus leptotyphlatta
Jaitrong and Eguchi, 2010: Thailand
Aenictus levior
(Karavaiev, 1926): Indonesia (Buru Is.)
Aenictus lifuiae
Terayama, 1984: Taiwan
Aenictus longi
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus longi taivanae
Forel, 1913b: Taiwan
Aenictus longicephalus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia (Lombok)
Aenictus longinodus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2012: Thailand
Aenictus luteus
Emery, 1892: Sierra Leone
Aenictus luteus moestus
Santschi, 1930: Mali
Aenictus luzoni
Wheeler, W. M. and Chapman, 1925: Philippines
Aenictus maneerati
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Thailand
Aenictus mariae
Emery, 1895a: South Africa
Aenictus mariae natalensis
Forel, 1901c: South Africa
Aenictus mauritanicus
Santschi, 1910c: probably Morocco
Aenictus mentu
Weber, 1942: South Sudan
Aenictus minimus
Jaitrong and Hashimoto, 2012: Vietnam
Aenictus minipetiolus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia (Lombok)
Aenictus minutulus
Terayama and Yamane, 1989: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus mocsaryi
Emery, 1901c: Papua New Guinea
Aenictus moebii
Emery, 1895b: Togo
Aenictus moebii sankisianus
Forel, 1913a: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aenictus montivagus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Malaysia (Sabah)
Aenictus mutatus
Santschi, 1913: Ivory Coast
Aenictus mutatus pudicus
Santschi, 1919a: Ivory Coast
Aenictus nesiotis
Wheeler, W. M. and Chapman, 1930b: Philippines
Aenictus nganduensis
Wilson, 1964: Papua New Guinea
Aenictus nishimurai
Terayama and Kubota, 1993: Thailand
Aenictus obscurus
Smith, F., 1865: 'New
Guinea'
Aenictus orientalis
(Karavaiev, 1926): Indonesia (Aru Is.)
Aenictus pachycerus
(Smith, F., 1858): India
Aenictus pangantihoni
Zettel and Sorger, 2010: Philippines
Aenictus paradentatus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2012: Thailand
Aenictus parahuonicus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Thailand
Aenictus peguensis
Emery, 1895c: Myanmar
Aenictus pfeifferi
Zettel and Sorger, 2010: Malaysia (Sarawak)
Aenictus pharao
Santschi, 1924: Sudan
Aenictus
philiporum
Wilson, 1964: Australia
Aenictus philippinensis
Chapman, 1963: Philippines
Aenictus piercei
Wheeler, W. M. and Chapman, 1930d: Philippines
Aenictus pilosus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Philippines
Aenictus pinkaewi
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Thailand
Aenictus porizonoides
Walker, 1860: Sri Lanka
Aenictus powersi
Wheeler, W. M. and Chapman, 1930e: Philippines
Aenictus prolixus
Shattuck, 2008: Australia
Aenictus pubescens
Smith, F., 1859: India
Aenictus punctatus
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2012: Brunei
Aenictus punctiventris
Emery, 1901b: Indonesia (Laut Island)
Aenictus punctiventris scutellaris
Forel, 1912d: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus punensis
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus rabori
Chapman, 1963: Philippines
Aenictus raptor
Forel, 1913a: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aenictus reyesi
Chapman, 1963: Philippines
Aenictus rhodiensis
Menozzi, 1936: Greece
Aenictus rixator
Forel, 1901: South Africa
Aenictus rotundatus
Mayr, 1901: South Africa
Aenictus rotundatus guineensis
Santschi, 1924: Guinea
Aenictus rotundatus merwei
Santschi, 1932: South Africa
Aenictus rotundicollis
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Malaysia (Sarawak)
Aenictus rougieri
Andre
, 1893: Tunisia
Aenictus sagei
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus schneirlai
Wilson, 1964: Papua New Guinea
Aenictus seletarius
Wong and
Guenard
, 2016: Singapore
Aenictus shillongensis
Mathew and Tiwari, 2000: India
Aenictus shuckardi
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus siamensis
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Thailand
Aenictus silvestrii
Wheeler, W. M., 1929: West Malaysia
Aenictus sirenicus
Yamane and Wang, 2015: Malaysia (Sabah)
Aenictus sonchaengi
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Thailand
Aenictus soudanicus
Santschi, 1910c: Senegal?
Aenictus soudanicus brunneus
Forel, 1913a: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aenictus spathifer
Santschi, 1928: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus steindachneri
Mayr, 1901: South Africa
Aenictus stenocephalus
Jaitrong, Yamane and Wiwatwitaya, 2010: Thailand
Aenictus subterraneus
Jaitrong and Hashimoto, 2012: Malaysia (Sabah)
Aenictus sulawesiensis
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Aenictus sumatrensis
Forel, 1913c: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus sumatrensis maxillosus
Forel, 1913c: Indonesia (Sumatra)
Aenictus sundalandensis
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus thailandianus
Terayama and Kubota, 1993: Thailand
Aenictus
togoensis
Santschi, 1915: Togo
Aenictus trigonus
Forel, 1911a: Indonesia (Java)
Aenictus turneri
Forel, 1900a: Australia
Aenictus vagans
Santschi, 1924: Niger
Aenictus vaucheri
Emery, 1915c: Morocco
Aenictus vieti
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2010a: Vietnam
Aenictus villiersi
Bernard, 1953b: Guinea
Aenictus watanasiti
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Thailand
Aenictus wayani
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2011a: Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Aenictus weissi
Santschi, 1910: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aenictus westwoodi
Forel, 1901a: India
Aenictus wilaiae
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Thailand
Aenictus wilsoni
Bharti, Wachkoo and Kumar, 2012: India
Aenictus wiwatwitayai
Jaitrong and Yamane, 2013: Thailand
Aenictus wroughtonii
Forel, 1890: India
Aenictus wudangshanensis
Wang, W., 2006: China
Aenictus yamanei
Wiwatwitaya and Jaitrong, 2011: Malaysia (Sarawak)
Aenictus yangi
Liu, Hita Garcia, Peng and Economo, 2015: China
Aenictus zhengi
Zhang, 1995: China