Aenictus aitkenii Forel

Shattuck, Steven O., 2008, Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr), Zootaxa 1926, pp. 1-19 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.184817
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5063922
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scientific name	Aenictus aitkenii Forel
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Treatment

Aenictus aitkenii Forel View in CoL , rev. stat.

Aenictus aitkenii Forel, 1901: 475 View in CoL (junior synonym of A. aratus View in CoL by Wilson, 1964: 446; revised status as valid species). Aenictus aratus View in CoL var. asiatica Forel, 1911: 453 (junior synonym of aratus View in CoL by Wilson, 1964: 446; removed from synonymy with A. aratus View in CoL , new synonym of A. aitkenii ).

Types. Aenictus aitkenii : Worker syntypes from Kanara, Thana and Travancore, India (not examined). Aenictus aratus View in CoL var. asiatica : Worker syntype from Sri Lanka (not examined).

Comments. This species is similar to A. aratus (with which it has been treated as a junior synonym) and A. nesiotis but differs in having a broader head (CI> 87 versus CI <88 in nesiotis ), and broader and more bulbous petiole and postpetiole (both are narrower in aratus and nesiotis ). The scape is also relatively longer than in the others (SI> 115 versus SI <115). It is similar to levior in the shape of the head but differs in having longer scapes. This species is so far known only from India and Sri Lanka.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Formicidae
Genus	Aenictus