Aenictogiton

Aenictogiton is a genus of ants, comprising seven rarely collected species. All the species are known only from males found in Central Africa, and show a morphological and phylogenetic affinity to the army ant genus Dorylus. The dorylomorph ants include six subfamilies– Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Leptanilloidinae, and the three army ant subfamilies Aenictinae, Dorylinae and Ecitoninae.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae

Observations recorded134

> Aenictogiton Emery, 1901, Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 33: 49 - 51, fig. 3, 4, [[ male ]]. Type: Aenictogiton fossiceps Emery , monobasic. > Aenictogiton: Emery, 1910, Dorylinae , Gen. Insectorum 102: 27 - 28, pl., fig. 5, 5 b, male. ----- Forel, 1913 f: 314 - 315, 2 n. spp. described from [[ male ]] [[ male ]]. ----- Santschi, 1924, Rev. Zool. Afr. 12: 198 - 200, fig. 2; 1 n. sp. described from [[ male ]], taxonomic notes and key to spp. based on [[ male ]] [[ male ]]. > Aenictogeton Santschi, 1919, Rev. Zool. Afr. 6: 246 - 248, fig. 2 a, b, c; 2 n. spp. and 1 n. var. described from [[ male ]] [[ male ]] (variant spelling). Male: Long (TL 5 - 9 mm), slender insect with hypognathous head and long, subcylindrical, downcurved gaster; prevailingly smooth and shining, with some punctate areas; color basically tawny yellow (testaceous to yellow ferruginous). Head somewhat depressed dorsoventrally; as seen fullface oblong, longer than broad without the huge compound eyes, but broader than long if the eyes are included; posterior angles sharply rounded, posterior margin concave, and sides straight or weakly convex, parallel or weakly converging or diverging posteriad. Compound eye

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 5
Family: Formicidae
Collections: USNM, NHMUK, CASC
Recorded in: Zambia, Uganda

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Dorylinae
Image: Aenictogiton sp.jpg

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Commons category: Aenictogiton
taxon name: Aenictogiton
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Aenictogiton

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== Origin == Army ants predominantly reside in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Indo-Australia, however, a few species range into more temperate regions. The Ecitoninae all reside in the New World with an exception to two army ant subfamilies that are located in the Old World. Most of the species are located in Oriental and Indo-Australian regions and a small variety in the Afrotropical region.

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