Aenictogiton

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Aenictogiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Aenictogitoninae
Genus: Aenictogiton
Emery, 1901
Species

7 species; see text.

Aenictogitoninae is a very small subfamily of ants, containing seven species in the monotypic genus Aenictogiton. All of them are known only from males from middle Africa and show a phylogenetic affinity to the army ants (and are included in the dorylomorph subfamilies). Nothing is known about the workers, queens and behavior of these ants. A few undescribed species are known to exist in a few collections in the world.

[edit] Species

  • Aenictogiton attenuatus Santschi, 1919
  • Aenictogiton bequaerti Forel, 1913
  • Aenictogiton elongatus Santschi, 1919
  • Aenictogiton emeryi Forel, 1913
  • Aenictogiton fossiceps Emery, 1901
  • Aenictogiton schoutedeni Santschi, 1924
  • Aenictogiton sulcatus Santschi, 1919


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