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<mods:title>Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName authority="Wheeler and Chapman" authorityName="Wheeler and Chapman" box="[151,656,1211,1237]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesiotis" status="n. stat.">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,355,1211,1237]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aenictus nesiotis</emphasis>
Wheeler and Chapman
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,
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(
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,
<figureCitation box="[284,360,1246,1272]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 14" captionStartId="8.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[188,1404,178,1940]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[188,1405,178,1941]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 9 14. Aenictus diclops sp. n. worker. Fig. 9, front of head; Fig. 10, dorsal view of body; Fig. 11, lateral view of body. Aenictus nesiotis. worker. Fig. 12, front of head; Fig. 13, dorsal view of body; Fig. 14, lateral view of body." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/184820/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
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14
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,
<figureCitation box="[372,403,1246,1272]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 30" captionStartId="11.[151,269,1958,1982]" captionTargetBox="[201,1387,186,1933]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[201,1388,186,1933]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 24 30. Distribution of material examined during this study. Fig. 24, A. acerbus; Fig. 25, A. aratus; Fig. 26, A. diclops; Fig. 27, A. nesiotis; Fig. 28, A. philiporum; Fig. 29, A. prolixus; Fig. 30, A. turneri." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/184823/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">27</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1159,1326,1349]" box="[151,1159,1326,1349]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<treatmentCitationGroup box="[151,1159,1326,1349]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName box="[151,433,1326,1349]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus" subGenus="Aenictus">
<emphasis box="[151,243,1326,1349]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aenictus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[258,350,1326,1349]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aenictus</emphasis>
)
<emphasis box="[365,433,1326,1349]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subsp.
<taxonomicName authority="Wheeler, W.M. &amp; Chapman" authorityName="Wheeler, W.M. &amp; Chapman" box="[514,904,1326,1349]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesiotis">
<emphasis box="[514,595,1326,1349]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">nesiotis</emphasis>
Wheeler, W.M. &amp; Chapman
</taxonomicName>
, in
<treatmentCitation author="Wheeler" box="[942,1155,1326,1349]" page="208" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" year="1930">
<bibRefCitation author="Wheeler" box="[942,1101,1326,1349]" pageId="10" pageNumber="19" refString="Wheeler, W. M. (1930) Philippine ants of the genus Aenictus with descriptions of the females of two species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 38, 193 - 212." type="journal article" year="1930">
Wheeler,
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:
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</treatmentCitation>
.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1437,1398,1984]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,229,1398,1424]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<typeStatus box="[151,224,1398,1424]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Types</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
One
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worker from Los Banos and
<number box="[755,784,1398,1424]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="39.0">39</number>
<typeStatus box="[795,886,1398,1424]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">syntype</typeStatus>
workers from Dumaguete,
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(
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, examined).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1437,1398,1984]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[198,326,1478,1504]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Head capsule completely punctate; pronotum entirely sculptured with dense micro-reticulations. This species is most similar to
<taxonomicName box="[590,698,1518,1543]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis box="[590,698,1518,1543]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. aratus</emphasis>
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, but differs in the narrower head (CI &lt;
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and HW &lt;
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compared to CI&gt;
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and HW&gt;
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in
<taxonomicName box="[659,766,1558,1583]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis box="[659,766,1558,1583]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the longer scapes (SI&gt;
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compared to &lt;
<quantity box="[1331,1404,1558,1584]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6162" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="in" value="103.0">103 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1437,1398,1984]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[198,457,1638,1664]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Worker Description.</emphasis>
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
<number box="[1116,1127,1718,1744]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1.0">1</number>
/
<number box="[1138,1153,1718,1744]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="3.0">3</number>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1437,1398,1984]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[198,389,1918,1944]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Measurements.</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[397,479,1918,1943]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Worker</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[501,516,1918,1943]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">n</emphasis>
=
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) - CI
<number box="[652,729,1918,1944]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="85.0" valueMax="88.0" valueMin="82.0">8288</number>
; HL
<number box="[790,910,1918,1944]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="0.7949999999999999" valueMax="0.84" valueMin="0.75">0.750.84</number>
; HW
<number box="[981,1102,1918,1944]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="0.6699999999999999" valueMax="0.7" valueMin="0.64">0.640.70</number>
; MTL
<number box="[1185,1306,1918,1944]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="0.73" valueMax="0.79" valueMin="0.67">0.670.79</number>
; ML
<number pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1.175" valueMax="1.24" valueMin="1.11">1.11 1.24</number>
; SI
<number box="[251,356,1958,1984]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="111.0" valueMax="115.0" valueMin="107.0">107115</number>
; SL
<number box="[409,530,1958,1984]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="0.74" valueMax="0.78" valueMin="0.7">0.700.78</number>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/184823/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" targetBox="[201,1387,186,1933]" targetPageId="11">
<paragraph blockId="11.[151,1436,1958,2017]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,349,1958,1982]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FIGURES 2430.</emphasis>
Distribution of material examined during this study. Fig. 24,
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<emphasis box="[999,1112,1959,1982]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. acerbus</emphasis>
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; Fig. 25,
<taxonomicName box="[1214,1311,1959,1982]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis box="[1214,1311,1959,1982]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig. 26,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. diclops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig. 27,
<taxonomicName box="[331,441,1994,2017]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesiotis">
<emphasis box="[331,441,1994,2017]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. nesiotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig. 28,
<taxonomicName box="[545,692,1994,2017]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="philiporum">
<emphasis box="[545,692,1994,2017]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. philiporum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig. 29,
<taxonomicName box="[796,911,1994,2017]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prolixus">
<emphasis box="[796,911,1994,2017]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. prolixus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig. 30,
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<emphasis box="[1015,1118,1994,2017]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. turneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="12.[151,1437,151,938]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[198,568,151,177]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Material examined.
<collectingCountry box="[451,568,151,177]" name="Australia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Australia</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
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:
<quantity box="[741,808,152,178]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="20.0">20km</quantity>
N Cairns (Lowery,B.B.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[1116,1194,152,178]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
);
<quantity box="[1215,1289,152,178]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="4.5">4.5km</quantity>
NNW Cape Tribulation (Wild,A.L.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[445,523,192,218]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
);
<specimenCount box="[544,612,192,218]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="generic">
<quantity box="[544,608,192,218]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="m" value="40.0">40 m</quantity>
.
</specimenCount>
from Laceys Cr. (Taylor,R.W. &amp; Feehan,J.E.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[1173,1251,192,218]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
); Cape Tribulation (Kistner,D.H., Kistner,A.C., Nutting,W.L. &amp; Nutting,R.D.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[927,1005,232,258]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
); Emmagen Ck., 5.0 km N of Cape Tribulation (Monteith,G.B., Yeates &amp; Thompson) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[772,850,272,298]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
); Noah Creek, Cape Tribulation (Moneith,G.B.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[159,237,312,338]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
); S
<number box="[277,292,312,338]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="2.0">2</number>
Mission Beach (Cermak,M.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[666,744,312,338]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry box="[767,1016,311,337]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[767,1016,311,337]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Papua New Guinea</emphasis>
</collectingCountry>
:
<emphasis box="[1036,1162,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">East Sepik</emphasis>
: Yawasora nr. Wewak (Taylor,R.W.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[333,412,352,378]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
):
<emphasis box="[436,527,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Morobe</emphasis>
: Bulolo (Lowery,B.B.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[833,911,352,378]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
); Ebabaang, Mongi Watershed, Huon Pen. (Wilson,E.
<collectingCountry box="[281,303,392,418]" name="Iceland" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">O</collectingCountry>
.) (
<collectionCode box="[337,427,392,418]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MCZC</collectionCode>
); Kua River, Laulaunung (Wilson,E.
<collectingCountry box="[886,908,392,418]" name="Iceland" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">O</collectingCountry>
.) (
<collectionCode box="[943,1033,392,418]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MCZC</collectionCode>
); nr. Lae (Taylor,R.W.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[1345,1423,392,418]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
);
<emphasis box="[151,259,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Northern</emphasis>
:
<quantity box="[284,357,432,458]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="3.2">3.2km</quantity>
N of Kokoda;(Lowery,B.B.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[751,829,432,458]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
); Buna (Room,P.M.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[1115,1193,432,458]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
); Kokoda Trail nr. Kokoda;(Lowery,B.B.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[437,515,472,498]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry box="[534,759,471,497]" name="Philippines" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[534,759,471,497]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Philippine Islands</emphasis>
</collectingCountry>
: Los Banos (Williams,F.X.) (
<collectionCode box="[1103,1192,472,498]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MCZC</collectionCode>
); Dumaguete (Chapman,J.W.; Schneira,T.C.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[460,536,512,538]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[548,637,512,538]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MCZC</collectionCode>
); Iwahig Penal Colony (Lowery,B.B.) (
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[1096,1174,512,538]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ANIC</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="12.[151,1437,151,938]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[198,341,551,577]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Comments.</emphasis>
This is the widest spread Australian species of
<taxonomicName box="[924,1025,552,577]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[924,1025,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Aenictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with populations occurring in the
<collectingCountry box="[151,283,592,618]" name="Philippines" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Philippines</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[344,579,592,618]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
. The non-Australian material placed here shows only minor differences from Australian populations, none of which suggest separate species are involved. These differences include a slightly broader anterior petiolar face and less distinct sculpturing in
<collectingCountry box="[968,1100,672,698]" name="Philippines" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Philippines</collectingCountry>
specimens (especially those from Palawan) compared to most
<collectingCountry box="[547,606,712,738]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">PNG</collectingCountry>
/Australian specimens. However, both of these characters show considerable variation with essentially all morphologies found in both regions. Because of this all specimens are considered to belong to a single wide-ranging species. The larva described by
<bibRefCitation author="Wheeler" box="[1089,1435,792,818]" pageId="12" pageNumber="19" refString="Wheeler, G. C. &amp; Wheeler, J. (1984) The larvae of the army ants: a revision. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 57, 263 - 275." type="journal article" year="1984">
Wheeler and Wheeler (
<number box="[1366,1427,792,818]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1984.0">1984</number>
)
</bibRefCitation>
under the name
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<emphasis box="[338,445,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
originated from the
<collectingCountry box="[684,816,832,858]" name="Philippines" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Philippines</collectingCountry>
and had previously been identified as “
<emphasis box="[1279,1297,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName box="[1311,1436,832,858]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesiotus">
<emphasis box="[1311,1326,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">a</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[1340,1436,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">nesiotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName box="[151,328,872,898]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="variety" variety="fraterculus">
var.
<emphasis box="[201,328,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">fraterculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” (an unavailable infrasubspecific name associated with
<taxonomicName box="[986,1093,872,897]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis box="[986,1093,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation author="Wilson" box="[1137,1298,872,898]" pageId="12" 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,
<number box="[1235,1298,872,898]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1964.0">1964</number>
</bibRefCitation>
). It is likely this larva belongs to
<taxonomicName box="[395,524,912,937]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesiotus">
<emphasis box="[395,524,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. nesiotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
rather than
<taxonomicName box="[664,772,912,937]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis box="[664,772,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<taxonomicName box="[811,918,912,937]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aratus">
<emphasis box="[811,918,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. aratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not known to occur in the
<collectingCountry box="[1260,1396,912,938]" name="Philippines" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Philippines</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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