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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF86C85CFF24F90A7C49F919" bold="true" box="[151,340,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Aenictus aratus</emphasis>
Forel
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(
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,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF86C85CFF24F8BD7C20F8E9" box="[151,317,1821,1844]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Aenictus aratus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF86C85CFEF7F8BD7CDEF8E9" author="Forel" box="[324,451,1821,1844]" pageId="3" pageNumber="19" refString="Forel, A. (1900) Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie. Recoltes par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J. - J. Walker, etc. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 44, 54 - 77." type="journal article" year="1900">Forel, 1900</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF86C85CFF24F89D7CFEF889" box="[151,483,1853,1876]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Aenictus pachycerus impressus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF86C85CFE59F89D7F81F889" author="Karavaiev" box="[490,668,1853,1876]" pageId="3" pageNumber="19" refString="Karavaiev, V. (1927) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu, 3, 3 - 52." type="journal article" year="1927">Karavaiev, 1927</bibRefCitation>
: 7
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(new synonym).
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.
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: Three
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worker
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(MCZC, examined) from Mackay, Queensland.
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF86C85CFB43F8257C16F81B" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">A. pachycerus impressus</emphasis>
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:
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worker from Mackay, Queensland,
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF86C85CFC86F80D7EE7F81A" bold="true" box="[821,1018,1965,1991]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">here designated</emphasis>
(MHNG).
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF81C85BFF24F8187C5EF80D" bold="true" box="[151,323,1976,2000]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FIGURES 16.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF81C85BFEF9F8187F1CF812" box="[330,513,1976,1999]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acerbus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF81C85BFEF9F8187F1CF812" box="[330,513,1976,1999]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Aenictus acerbus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF81C85BFDB4F8187F5EF80D" bold="true" box="[519,579,1976,2000]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">sp. n.</emphasis>
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worker. Fig. 1, front of head; Fig. 2, lateral view of body; Fig. 3, dorsal view of body.
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF81C85BFF6BF87B7CA1F82F" authority="Forel" authorityName="Forel" box="[216,444,2011,2034]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF81C85BFF6BF87B7C63F82F" box="[216,382,2011,2034]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Aenictus aratus</emphasis>
Forel
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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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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF80C85AFF24F8A47C5FF8C1" bold="true" box="[151,322,1796,1820]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">FIGURES 78.</emphasis>
Fig. 7, Graph of head length versus head width. Fig. 8, Graph of scape length versus head width.
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF80C85AFF75F8EF7C5BF8B4" bold="true" box="[198,326,1871,1897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Head capsule completely punctate; scape relatively short (SI &lt;103); pronotum entirely sculptured with dense micro-reticulations. This species can be separated from the morphologically similar
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF80C85AFAF1F8D87DDFF864" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesiotis">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF80C85AFAF1F8D87DDFF864" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">A. nesiotis</emphasis>
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by the broader head (CI&gt; 87 and HW&gt;
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) and the relatively shorter scapes (SI &lt;103 compared to SI&gt;
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).
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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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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF75FE0F7C98FE14" bold="true" box="[198,389,431,457]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Measurements.</emphasis>
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(
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= 18) - CI 8793; HL 0.780.88; HW 0.700.78; MTL 0.670.75; ML 1.17 1.29; SI 96103; SL 0.700.78.
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF75FE5F7F5AFDC4" bold="true" box="[198,583,511,537]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Material examined.
<collectingCountry id="F33120A0FF83C859FE7BFE5F7F5FFDC4" box="[456,578,511,537]" name="Australia" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Australia</collectingCountry>
:
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FDE2FDA07FC0FDC4" box="[593,733,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Queensland</emphasis>
:
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S Sarina Ridge (Lowery,B.B.) (
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NW Townsville (Greenslade,P.J.M.) (
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); Henrietta Ck., Palmerston NP (Ward,P.S.) (
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); Hinchinbrook Is., Gayundah Ck. (Davies, Thompson &amp; Gallon) (
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); Mackay (Turner) (
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);
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FB03FDF07889FDB4" box="[1200,1428,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Northern Territory</emphasis>
: Minaelu Creek, Melville
<collectingCountry id="F33120A0FF83C859FE0CFDD87F1AFD4F" box="[447,519,632,658]" name="Iceland" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Island</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingCountry id="F33120A0FF83C859FDA5FDD87F79FD4F" box="[534,612,632,658]" name="Isle of Man" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Mann</collectingCountry>
,S.) (
<collectionCode id="ED37F8F5FF83C859FD27FDD87FF8FD4F" box="[660,741,632,658]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">TERC</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33C33BBFF83C859FF75FD3F7C52FC87" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B996030FF83C859FF75FD3F7C52FC87" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2018]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF75FD3F7C48FD64" bold="true" box="[198,341,671,697]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Comments.</emphasis>
This species was previously thought to be wide spread and occurring from
<collectingCountry id="F33120A0FF83C859FB5DFD007837FD67" box="[1262,1322,672,698]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">India</collectingCountry>
eastward into
<collectingCountry id="F33120A0FF83C859FF7DFD687C24FD3F" box="[206,313,712,738]" name="Australia" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Australia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FEF8FD687CEDFD3F" author="Wilson" box="[331,496,712,738]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Wilson, E. O. (1964) The true army ants of the Indo-Australian area. Pacific Insects, 6, 427 - 483." type="journal article" year="1964">Wilson, 1964</bibRefCitation>
). However, as conceived here this species is restricted to
<collectingCountry id="F33120A0FF83C859FB16FD68780DFD3F" box="[1189,1296,712,738]" name="Australia" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Australia</collectingCountry>
with extra- Australian specimens being referable to
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FDC8FD507FEBFCD4" box="[635,758,752,777]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aitkenii">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FDC8FD507FEBFCD4" box="[635,758,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aitkenii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FCB5FD507E70FCD4" box="[774,877,752,777]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="levior">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FCB5FD507E70FCD4" box="[774,877,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. levior</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33C33BBFF83C859FF75FCC879D4FA6F" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8B996030FF83C859FF75FCC87E04FB1F" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2018]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FF75FCC87FA9FC5F" ID-CoL="5FF6S" authority="Karavaiev" authorityName="Karavaiev" box="[198,692,872,898]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="pachycerus" subSpecies="impressus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF75FCC87F2EFC5C" box="[198,563,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Aenictus pachycerus impressus</emphasis>
Karavaiev
</taxonomicName>
is here synonymised with
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FC5FFCC87945FC5C" ID-CoL="64Y6P" box="[1004,1112,872,897]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FC5FFCC87945FC5C" box="[1004,1112,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The nomenclatural history of this name is rather complicated. It was first used by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FCA1FC307EC2FC77" author="Karavaiev" box="[786,991,912,938]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Karavaiev, V. (1926) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Treubia, 8, 413 - 445." type="journal article" year="1926">Karavaiev (1926)</bibRefCitation>
when describing the variety
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FA9CFC30786EFC74" box="[1327,1395,912,937]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="levior">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FA9CFC30786EFC74" box="[1327,1395,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">levior</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FF24FC187CC2FC0C" box="[151,479,952,978]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus" subGenus="Aenictus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF24FC187DFEFC0C" box="[151,227,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Eciton</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF47FC187C44FC0C" box="[244,345,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Aenictus</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FED8FC187CC2FC0C" box="[363,479,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">impressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FE55FC187F40FC0C" box="[486,605,952,978]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" rank="variety" variety="levior">
var.
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FDAAFC187F40FC0C" box="[537,605,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">levior</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The next year
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FCACFC187EF3FC0F" author="Karavaiev" box="[799,1006,952,978]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Karavaiev, V. (1927) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu, 3, 3 - 52." type="journal article" year="1927">Karavaiev (1927)</bibRefCitation>
noted that
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FBC2FC187818FC0C" box="[1137,1285,952,977]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FBC2FC187818FC0C" box="[1137,1285,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. impressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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 “
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FE1EFB907FF1FB97" authority="Mayr" authorityName="Mayr" box="[429,748,1072,1098]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bengalensis">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FE1EFB907FB9FB94" box="[429,676,1072,1097]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Aenictus bengalensis</emphasis>
Mayr
</taxonomicName>
rasse
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FC85FB907EB7FB94" box="[822,938,1072,1097]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FC85FB907EB7FB94" box="[822,938,1072,1097]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">impressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
nov. subsp.”, followed by a short description complete with comparisons to
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FDF2FBF87FA0FBAC" box="[577,701,1112,1137]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aitkenii">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FDF2FBF87FA0FBAC" box="[577,701,1112,1137]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aitkenii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FD48FBF87EB5FBAC" box="[763,936,1112,1137]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bengalensis">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FD48FBF87EB5FBAC" box="[763,936,1112,1137]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. bengalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The name
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FB88FBF879B2FBAC" box="[1083,1199,1112,1137]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FB88FBF879B2FBAC" box="[1083,1199,1112,1137]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">impressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was not mentioned again until
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FEAEFB207CD8FB47" author="Bolton" box="[285,453,1152,1178]" pageId="6" pageNumber="18" refString="Bolton, B. (1995) A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 504 pp." type="book" year="1995">Bolton (1995)</bibRefCitation>
included it in his catalogue, listing
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FCC3FB20795DFB47" author="Karavaiev" box="[880,1088,1152,1178]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Karavaiev, V. (1927) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu, 3, 3 - 52." type="journal article" year="1927">Karavaiev (1927)</bibRefCitation>
as the author and noting that the
<typeStatus id="549DDE92FF83C859FF71FB087DE8FB1F" box="[194,245,1192,1218]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">type</typeStatus>
locality was unknown but was probably
<collectingCountry id="F33120A0FF83C859FD66FB087E08FB1F" box="[725,789,1192,1218]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">India</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B996030FF83C859FF75FB7079D4FA6F" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2018]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
During this study two specimens from the Forel Collection (Geneva) were found which were labelled as “
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF17FB587C5AFACC" box="[164,327,1272,1297]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Ae.
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FF60FB587C5AFACC" authority="For." authorityName="For." box="[211,327,1272,1297]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus">impressus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
For.
<typeStatus id="549DDE92FF83C859FE35FB587CA6FACF" box="[390,443,1272,1298]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">type</typeStatus>
” from Mackay, Queensland and collected by Turner, with the label being typical of Forels handwriting. These specimens had been more recently labelled as
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FC40FA807942FAE4" ID-CoL="64Y6P" box="[1011,1119,1312,1337]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FC40FA807942FAE4" box="[1011,1119,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and were stored with other “
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FF17FAE87DF2FABC" ID-CoL="64Y6P" box="[164,239,1352,1377]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF17FAE87DF2FABC" box="[164,239,1352,1377]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” specimens, clearly indicating that they were considered to be
<typeStatus id="549DDE92FF83C859FC58FAE87934FABF" box="[1003,1065,1352,1378]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">types</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FBE7FAE879DFFABC" ID-CoL="64Y6P" box="[1108,1218,1352,1377]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FBE7FAE879DFFABC" box="[1108,1218,1352,1377]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This treatment is supported by the original description of
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FDD9FAD07E68FA57" ID-CoL="64Y6P" authority="Forel, 1900" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1900" box="[618,885,1392,1418]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FDD9FAD07FC8FA54" box="[618,725,1392,1417]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aratus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FD50FAD07E70FA57" author="Forel" box="[739,877,1392,1418]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Forel, A. (1900) Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie. Recoltes par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J. - J. Walker, etc. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 44, 54 - 77." type="journal article" year="1900">Forel, 1900</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
where Mackay is listed as the
<typeStatus id="549DDE92FF83C859FB69FAD07810FA57" box="[1242,1293,1392,1418]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">type</typeStatus>
locality and Turner as the collector (and where comparisons are made to
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FCE8FA387EC9FA6C" box="[859,980,1432,1457]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aitkenii">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FCE8FA387EC9FA6C" box="[859,980,1432,1457]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aitkenii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FBBFFA3879AAFA6C" box="[1036,1207,1432,1457]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bengalensis">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FBBFFA3879AAFA6C" box="[1036,1207,1432,1457]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. bengalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33C33BBFF83C859FF75FA607C54F83F" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B996030FF83C859FF75FA607E16F8B7" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2018]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FD10FA487E0AF9DC" box="[675,791,1512,1537]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FD10FA487E0AF9DC" box="[675,791,1512,1537]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">impressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and labelled the specimens using this name. However, when preparing the 1900 description he changed the name to
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FCC2F9B07EC3F9F4" box="[881,990,1552,1577]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FCC2F9B07EC3F9F4" box="[881,990,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but neglected to update the specimen labels. He then sent a pin from this series to Karavaiev, who used the name on the specimen (
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FB64F9987856F98C" box="[1239,1355,1592,1617]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FB64F9987856F98C" box="[1239,1355,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">impressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) when establishing
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FE98F9C07F70F9A7" authority="Karavaiev, 1926" authorityName="Karavaiev" authorityYear="1926" box="[299,621,1632,1658]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="levior">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FE98F9C07C8CF9A4" box="[299,401,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. levior</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FE12F9C07F78F9A7" author="Karavaiev" box="[417,613,1632,1658]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Karavaiev, V. (1926) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Treubia, 8, 413 - 445." type="journal article" year="1926">Karavaiev, 1926</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
not realising that this name was unpublished.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FB20F9C0787FF9A7" author="Karavaiev" box="[1171,1378,1632,1658]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Karavaiev, V. (1927) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu, 3, 3 - 52." type="journal article" year="1927">Karavaiev (1927)</bibRefCitation>
then made matters worse by providing enough information for the name to be considered available by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FAFFF9287DF5F917" author="Bolton" pageId="6" pageNumber="18" refString="Bolton, B. (1995) A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 504 pp." type="book" year="1995">Bolton (1995)</bibRefCitation>
. To confuse things further Forels (1893 notes and 1900) comparisons with the Indian species
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FA8AF9107DABF92C" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aitkenii">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FA8AF9107DABF92C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aitkenii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FF5CF9787C87F92C" box="[239,410,1752,1777]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bengalensis">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF5CF9787C87F92C" box="[239,410,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. bengalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
implied that this is an Indian species. In fact, it would appear that both of these names,
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FF24F8A07C1EF8C4" box="[151,259,1792,1817]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FF24F8A07C1EF8C4" box="[151,259,1792,1817]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C261BB3FF83C859FE8EF8A07CCFF8C4" box="[317,466,1792,1817]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressus">
<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FE8EF8A07CCFF8C4" box="[317,466,1792,1817]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. impressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, are based on the same
<typeStatus id="549DDE92FF83C859FD5DF8A07E3CF8C7" box="[750,801,1792,1818]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">type</typeStatus>
series from Mackay, Queensland. Using this assumption, a single specimen housed in Geneva is here selected as the
<typeStatus id="549DDE92FF83C859FC0CF8887936F89F" box="[959,1067,1832,1858]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
for both names, relegating
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FA30F8887C16F8B4" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. impressus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior objective synonym of
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FD2AF8F07E19F8B4" box="[665,772,1872,1897]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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The published literature for this species is limited.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FCAEF8D87EDAF84F" author="Wilson" box="[797,967,1912,1938]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Wilson, E. O. (1964) The true army ants of the Indo-Australian area. Pacific Insects, 6, 427 - 483." type="journal article" year="1964">Wilson (1964)</bibRefCitation>
discussed the biology and taxonomy of this and related species (under the single name “
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<emphasis id="B952BC22FF83C859FD7EF8007E24F864" box="[717,825,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”) and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB71DC1FF83C859FC3BF80079DDF867" author="Disney" box="[904,1216,1952,1978]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" refString="Disney, R. H. L. &amp; Kistner, D. H. (1991) A new genus of Australasian / Oriental Phoridae associated with driver ants (Diptera; Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Sociobiology, 18, 269 - 281." type="journal article" year="1991">Disney and Kistner (1991)</bibRefCitation>
discuss parasitism by phorid flies.
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