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<treatment id="E704E0DD945F0E1BD10E663DB5FE4C36" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6228532" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100122405" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6228532" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E704E0DD945F0E1BD10E663DB5FE4C36" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E704E0DD945F0E1BD10E663DB5FE4C36" lastPageNumber="7" pageNumber="4">
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<taxonomicName id="33F2C7B5B75D7D4A13589451DB7C091F" ID-CoL="64Y6P" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">Aenictus aratus Forel</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="19E9AE43F9186B6E2E556547308B8934" pageNumber="4">(Figs 4-6, 7, 8, 25)</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="AEFD76DFE9AC94B5C9EA93C54E7B54AE" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="667BD6EB859E1730788A8802C2735C00" pageNumber="4">
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<taxonomicName id="E28FDB91AA5CDA47818D6AD15BA5B672" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">Aenictus aratus Forel</taxonomicName>
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, 1900: 74.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DAB55CF5D398B0662807228DCAA22D7F" pageNumber="4">
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<taxonomicName id="2E5D33245E9744F15CA2744C0C7A6093" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:145965" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" genus.innerRound="4" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus pachycerus impressus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="pachycerus" subSpecies="impressus">Aenictus pachycerus impressus Karavaiev</taxonomicName>
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, 1927: 7 (
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="312ED0BE8C5E9719C77F0D3D1B33A046">new synonym</taxonomicNameLabel>
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).
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<subSubSection id="BDCE18569FAE26B05730E944E0894603" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="DC4B817EB3D337EFC1C8CBBEA80D8D2A" pageNumber="4">
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Types.
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<taxonomicName id="090FE28A294BD330A4F8BF848D9532A6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="69" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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: Three worker syntypes (
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<collectionCode id="69717410C53E6599324ED31BA4F95FEE" collectionName="USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology">MCZC</collectionCode>
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, examined) from Mackay, Queensland.
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<taxonomicName id="7ACEE30AE0CA27BF9474861BD832A684" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:145965" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="32" genus.bestMatchVote="4" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus pachycerus impressus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="pachycerus" subSpecies="impressus">A. pachycerus impressus</taxonomicName>
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: Lectotype worker from Mackay, Queensland, here designated (
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<collectionCode id="094386C04526AF3A7A949CC9B8BC10E6" collectionName="Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle">MHNG</collectionCode>
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).
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<pageStartToken id="A80DD6976ED972A65AA9803FC46DD2B4" pageNumber="5">FIGURES</pageStartToken>
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1-6.
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<taxonomicName id="BB8EEF10E7F29D2DF90890DE060AE212" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:244128" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus acerbus Shattuck" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acerbus">Aenictus acerbus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="0888C79CD69398AE1B28845C3AC1F01A" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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worker. Fig. 1, front of head; Fig. 2, lateral view of body; Fig. 3, dorsal view of body.
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<taxonomicName id="A481B51E27BBE441B67EA7ABD203D45B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">Aenictus aratus Forel</taxonomicName>
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worker. Fig. 4, front of head; Fig. 5, dorsal view of body; Fig. 6, lateral view of body.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="454B1BCA00E6791D94E82A03CBB1C0A0" pageNumber="6">
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<pageStartToken id="F034264AA6B8EE26327548ED11349B18" pageNumber="6">FIGURES</pageStartToken>
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7-8. Fig. 7, Graph of head length versus head width. Fig. 8, Graph of scape length versus head width.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="67DB2EF08559F0F1398A2DE56D29B219" type="diagnosis">
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Diagnosis. Head capsule completely punctate; scape relatively short (SI <103); pronotum entirely sculptured with dense micro-reticulations. This species can be separated from the morphologically similar
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<taxonomicName id="5CBA8D5CF023CDF12534D65B77899246" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224320" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="2011" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus nesiotis Wheeler & Chapman" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesiotis">A. nesiotis</taxonomicName>
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by the broader head (CI> 87 and HW> 0.70mm compared to CI <88 and HW <0.70mm) and the relatively shorter scapes (SI <103 compared to SI> 107 in
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<taxonomicName id="B59EDDDA6EDF6E7B569E22FCD40D40EE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224320" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="1969" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus nesiotis Wheeler & Chapman" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesiotis">A. nesiotis</taxonomicName>
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).
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<subSubSection id="C8C10E1454D5EF3FBF3D9805738EEC17" type="description">
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<paragraph id="595E7AD455E12B2513BEE84AD08142BF" pageNumber="7">
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<pageStartToken id="D7D1D2A503DA3DD6657E8AA0872D8C17" pageNumber="7">Worker</pageStartToken>
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Description. Mandible triangular with numerous small teeth, those along the medial region of the masticatory margin ill defined; anterior clypeal border broadly convex, extending slightly anterior of frontal lobes; parafrontal ridges well developed, extending posteriorly approximately 1/3 length of head capsule; subpetiolar process broadly convex anteriorly, flat posteriorly; head entirely punctate; mesosoma uniformly punctate, generally with weak, ill-defined longitudinal rugae on dorsum of pronotum and lateral surfaces posterior of pronotum; body brown to black, anterior section of head sometimes lighter, distal antennae and legs always lighter.
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<paragraph id="4FB6D561B099917C2A4EA41D01FF9199" pageNumber="7">Measurements. Worker (n = 18) - CI 87-93; HL 0.78-0.88; HW 0.70-0.78; MTL 0.67-0.75; ML 1.17- 1.29; SI 96-103; SL 0.70-0.78.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="5493466823D41670014A479220327D94" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="BA232690C1D309E3A1CDBF3313C6B32B" pageNumber="7">
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Material examined. Australia: Queensland: 20km S Sarina Ridge (Lowery,B.B.) (
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<collectionCode id="252B8ACEFFF3F074A16AD576F3D5E4CA" collectionName="Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra City, CSIRO, Australian National Insect Collection">ANIC</collectionCode>
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); 50km NW Townsville (Greenslade,P.J.M.) (
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<collectionCode id="C1E2A48943FCA9BFFE0A5224C030EE09" collectionName="Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra City, CSIRO, Australian National Insect Collection">ANIC</collectionCode>
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); Henrietta Ck., Palmerston NP (Ward,P.S.) (
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<collectionCode id="ACF7D0AC8B52C1DF991320A2D358360E" collectionName="Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra City, CSIRO, Australian National Insect Collection">ANIC</collectionCode>
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); Hinchinbrook Is., Gayundah Ck. (Davies, Thompson & Gallon) (
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<collectionCode id="DC20C25F76F465E110A3D469FFCB9F54" collectionName="Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra City, CSIRO, Australian National Insect Collection">ANIC</collectionCode>
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); Mackay (Turner) (
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<collectionCode id="93461E839950A02EA3E680B4D59E49F7" collectionName="Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra City, CSIRO, Australian National Insect Collection">ANIC</collectionCode>
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); Northern Territory: Minaelu Creek, Melville Island (Mann,S.) (TERC).
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<subSubSection id="B33D1CD422EDC1EB0F781866CD75AD63" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="6F1603CB4AE71E478EE4CB1B55C6CE88" pageNumber="7">
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Comments. This species was previously thought to be wide spread and occurring from India eastward into Australia (Wilson, 1964). However, as conceived here this species is restricted to Australia with extraAustralian specimens being referable to
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<taxonomicName id="3502942710427CC1702C1476FF759770" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:132683" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aitkenii Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aitkenii">A. aitkenii,</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="D7C9B93A310BE763E66E729F46C4955A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224335" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="410" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus levior (Karavaiev)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="levior">A. levior</taxonomicName>
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and likely additional as-yet unrecognised species. Detailed examination of this material will be required to resolve the true taxonomic status of these non-Australian ants.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="45D912DB7455B9EE0899F8F3B595A23E" pageNumber="7">
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<taxonomicName id="5AE12E15A40116FB293933EF5BFF3EC7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:145965" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" genus.innerRound="4" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus pachycerus impressus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="pachycerus" subSpecies="impressus">Aenictus pachycerus impressus Karavaiev</taxonomicName>
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is here synonymised with
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<taxonomicName id="990B8185D3652810F44F1344DC3CA1C7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="1093" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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. The nomenclatural history of this name is rather complicated. It was first used by Karavaiev (1926) when describing the
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<taxonomicName id="D6BD8271CFBACDAD004CCF2986E5C214" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224335" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.completionEvidence="missing" genus.completionRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus levior (Karavaiev)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="aratus" species.completionEvidence="missing" species.completionRound="1" variety="levior">variety levior</taxonomicName>
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(as
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<taxonomicName id="2DF9678FD76AA443BF0CFDDF4488DFE4" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:132746" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Eciton (Aenictus) impressus var. levior Karavaiev" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="impressus" subGenus="Aenictus" variety="levior">Eciton (Aenictus) impressus var. levior</taxonomicName>
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). The next year Karavaiev (1927) noted that
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<taxonomicName id="BA4D6E83F52B832AFBF84E64498A5297" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:145965" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="1606" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="2" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus pachycerus impressus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus" subGenus="Aenictus" subGenus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" subGenus.innerRound="1" subGenus.outerRound="1">A. impressus</taxonomicName>
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had actually never appeared in print and that he had used the name based on a specimen identified and labelled with this name that he had received from Forel. He then contacted Forel who provided notes from his 1893 notebook which listed the name "
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<taxonomicName id="F254B90C9BEEDA8654339D5DD1689FF6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:186383" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus bengalensis (Mayr)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bengalensis">Aenictus bengalensis Mayr</taxonomicName>
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rasse
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="095A5178EEE9632E334C6A7B39B8BF92" rank="subSpecies">nov. subsp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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", followed by a short description complete with comparisons to
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<taxonomicName id="0894CDF59544931F37B9154C34307F02" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:132683" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="5249" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aitkenii Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aitkenii">A. aitkenii</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="380C9B880698DD476979892ADF55F42B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:186383" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="24" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus bengalensis (Mayr)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bengalensis">A. bengalensis</taxonomicName>
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. The name
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<taxonomicName id="E79D41F12D1FC78C07B113DDC0F6D278" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:132746" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" genus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Eciton (Aenictus) impressus var. levior Karavaiev" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus" subGenus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" subGenus.innerRound="1" subGenus.outerRound="1">impressus</taxonomicName>
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was not mentioned again until Bolton (1995) included it in his catalogue, listing Karavaiev (1927) as the author and noting that the type locality was unknown but was probably India.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F66BE5F32C5A8603CFF32C963B3F25BB" pageNumber="7">
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During this study two specimens from the Forel Collection (Geneva) were found which were labelled as "
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<taxonomicName id="D9749871EECA7D8138FECC49273AF798" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:145965" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="1471" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="2" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus pachycerus impressus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus" subGenus="Aenictus" subGenus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" subGenus.innerRound="1" subGenus.outerRound="1">Ae. impressus For</taxonomicName>
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. type" from Mackay, Queensland and collected by Turner, with the label being typical of Forel's handwriting. These specimens had been more recently labelled as
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<taxonomicName id="A5B3E53BDC87CD210F82C8325EAD666B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="876" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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and were stored with other "
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<taxonomicName id="2AD8F698979D83BD220D2399B2487293" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">aratus</taxonomicName>
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" specimens, clearly indicating that they were considered to be types of
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<taxonomicName id="6B92E278DB4C665CE8F88DC109290741" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="853" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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. This treatment is supported by the original description of
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<taxonomicName id="0074F665DB116C8F5775810CA6B003AD" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="840" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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(Forel, 1900) where Mackay is listed as the type locality and Turner as the collector (and where comparisons are made to
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<taxonomicName id="32631720BE8757CE42ABB85ED3AD49C9" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:132683" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="5086" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aitkenii Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aitkenii">A. aitkenii</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="D9A288F9171C0ABB0BEAEF9F67DA1763" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:186383" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="187" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus bengalensis (Mayr)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bengalensis">A. bengalensis</taxonomicName>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4E69B5D46C9A85617AEF2489F0B52EBD" pageNumber="7">
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Assembling this information, what seems to have happened is that Forel (around 1893) determined that he had a new taxon which he intended to name
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<taxonomicName id="F81DC5E73D87AB67F53DCC9872A19397" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:132746" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" genus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Eciton (Aenictus) impressus var. levior Karavaiev" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus" subGenus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" subGenus.innerRound="1" subGenus.outerRound="1">impressus</taxonomicName>
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and labelled the specimens using this name. However, when preparing the 1900 description he changed the name to
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<taxonomicName id="48092028104F39337F8FB5320162E1B0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="754" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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but neglected to update the specimen labels. He then sent a pin from this series to Karavaiev, who used the name on the specimen (
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<taxonomicName id="2CBF2776724D8D063653830EACEF81B8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:132746" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" genus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Eciton (Aenictus) impressus var. levior Karavaiev" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus" subGenus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" subGenus.innerRound="1" subGenus.outerRound="1">impressus</taxonomicName>
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) when establishing
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<taxonomicName id="4B01C96C01A729052A4805BF7F8F41B9" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224335" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="17676" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus levior (Karavaiev)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="levior">A. levior</taxonomicName>
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(Karavaiev, 1926) not realising that this name was unpublished. Karavaiev (1927) then made matters worse by providing enough information for the name to be considered available by Bolton (1995). To confuse things further Forel's (1893 notes and 1900) comparisons with the Indian species
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<taxonomicName id="893DB3F2DEF31340CE20D47A8A5715EF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:132683" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="4937" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aitkenii Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aitkenii">A. aitkenii</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="BAA7467A23BD78A16244E9163CED071B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:186383" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="336" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus bengalensis (Mayr)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bengalensis">A. bengalensis</taxonomicName>
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implied that this is an Indian species. In fact, it would appear that both of these names,
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<taxonomicName id="76DB93F53ADE37DC0BA12E3785AD9345" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="636" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="6B1E0A7B379D3947829135AE771905F3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:145965" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="1194" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="2" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus pachycerus impressus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus" subGenus="Aenictus" subGenus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" subGenus.innerRound="1" subGenus.outerRound="1">A. impressus</taxonomicName>
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, are based on the same type series from Mackay, Queensland. Using this assumption, a single specimen housed in Geneva is here selected as the lectotype for both names, relegating
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<taxonomicName id="B22A95AC88B4B8AC86D58C136FA18CD2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:145965" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="1157" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="2" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus pachycerus impressus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus" subGenus="Aenictus" subGenus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" subGenus.innerRound="1" subGenus.outerRound="1">A. impressus</taxonomicName>
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as a junior objective synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="FF9550B6A41CE61385A05E8E00BC0DDB" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="586" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="ABC31D2688B382761EBA67D7125A03E1" pageNumber="7">
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The published literature for this species is limited. Wilson (1964) discussed the biology and taxonomy of this and related species (under the single name "
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<taxonomicName id="ED7BB35632B45D6E75B75963FFA2E69C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" genus.bestMatchDistance="553" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Aenictus aratus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">A. aratus</taxonomicName>
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") and Disney and Kistner (1991) discuss parasitism by phorid flies.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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