Aenictogiton

Aenictogiton
Aenictogiton sp. male from Zambia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Aenictogiton
Emery, 1901
Type species
Aenictogiton fossiceps
Diversity[1]
7 species

Aenictogiton is a genus of ants, comprising seven rarely collected species.[2] All of the species are known only from males from Central Africa, and show a morphological and phylogenetic affinity to the army ant genus Dorylus.[2] Nothing is known about the workers, queens,[2] or behavior of these ants. A few undescribed species are known to exist in a few collections.

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Aenictogiton". AntCat. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Brady, Seán G.; Ted R. Schultz; Brian L. Fisher; Philip S. Ward (2006-11-01). "Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (National Academy of Sciences) 103 (48): 18172–18177. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605858103. PMC 1838725. PMID 17079492.
  3. "Genus: Aenictogiton". AntWeb. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

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