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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Aenictus
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Aenictus laeviceps
Aenictus
laeviceps
(Smith, 1857)
valid
Typhlatta laeviceps
Smith, 1857a
: 79 (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak). Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011a
: 37). Type-locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sarawak, “SAR. 40” (
A.R. Wallace
). Type-depository:
BMNH
.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 2 paralectotype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depositories:
BMNH
,
OXUM
.
Lectotype designation:
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011a
: 37.
[Misspelled as
leviceps
by
Roger, 1863b
: 36;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 8;
Emery, 1910b
: 30, and others.]
Wheeler, 1930j
: 200 (q.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a
: 265 (l.)
Combination in
Aenictus
:
Forel, 1890c
: ciii
Combination in
Aenictus (Typhlatta)
:
Wheeler, 1930j
: 199.
Status as species:
Smith, 1862a
: 49;
Roger, 1863b
: 36;
Mayr, 1863a
: 457;
Smith, 1871a
: 333;
Mayr, 1872
: 151;
Mayr, 1879
: 668 (in key);
Emery, 1887f
: 449;
Emery, 1889
: 487;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 8;
Emery, 1895m
: 452;
Forel, 1901a
: 475;
Emery, 1901i
: 566;
Bingham, 1903
: 18;
Emery, 1910b
: 30;
Forel, 1911f
: 382;
Wheeler, 1919f
: 61;
Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
: 47;
Wheeler, 1930j
: 199 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1932c
: 451;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 13;
Chapman, 1963
: 263;
Wilson, 1964a
: 467;
Baltazar, 1966
: 231;
Terayama & Yamane, 1989
: 599;
Radchenko, 1993a
: 76;
Xu, 1994a
: 119;
Bolton, 1995b
: 60;
Wu & Wang, 1995a
: 51;
Zhou & Chen, 1999
: 63 (in key);
Mathew & Tiwari, 2000
: 266;
Zhou, 2001a
: 60;
Zhang & Zheng, 2002
: 218;
Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005
: 12;
Wang, 2006
: 637 (in key);
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011a
: 36 (redescription);
Pfeiffer
et al.
, 2011
: 32;
Bharti
et al.
, 2012
: 293 (in key);
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 23;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 21;
Khachonpisitsak
et al.
, 2020
: 28.
Senior synonym of
Aenictus laeviceps smythiesii
:
Wilson, 1964a
: 467;
Terayama & Yamane, 1989
: 599;
Bolton, 1995b
: 60;
Zhou, 2001a
: 60.
Senior synonym of
Aenictus sundaica
:
Wilson, 1964a
: 467;
Terayama & Yamane, 1989
: 599;
Bolton, 1995b
: 60;
Zhou, 2001a
: 60;
Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011a
: 36.
Junior synonyms
Aenictus laeviceps smythiesii
Forel, 1901
Aenictus sundaica
(Karavaiev, 1927)
Obsolete combination(s):
Aenictus fergusoni sundaica
,
Eciton fergusoni sundaica
Obsolete combinations
Typhlatta laeviceps
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