Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr)
Author
Shattuck, Steven O.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1926
1
19
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184817
e5c56f88-2105-49a1-99e0-39eb486f9c64
1175-5326
184817
Aenictus levior
(Karavaiev)
,
n. stat.
Eciton
(
Aenictus
)
impressus
var.
levior
Karavaiev,
1926
:
425
(junior synonym of
A. aratus
:
Wilson,
1964
:
446
; new status as full species).
Types
.
Worker
syntypes
from Buru
Island
,
Indonesia
(not examined).
Comments.
Aenictus
material from
Indonesia
is uncommon in collections and drawing conclusions on the species involved is difficult. However, it would appear that
levior
is a valid species and not a junior synonym of
aratus
as suggested earlier. Morphologically this species has a head shape similar to
aitkenii
(relatively broad) but the scape is shorter. However, this analysis is based on limited material and should be considered tentative until additional specimens become available. Material referable to this species has been examined from Sumatra,
Indonesia
, peninsular
Malaysia
and
Sarawak
,
Malaysia
.