Aenictus lifuiae

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Aenictus lifuiae Terayama, 1984 valid

Aenictus lifuiae Terayama, 1984: 13, figs. 1-13 (w.m.) TAIWAN. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Taiwan: Kaohsiung Hsien, Taoyuan Xiang, Meishan Cun (ca 800 m.), 25.viii.1980, (M. Terayama). Primary type depository: NIAS. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 157 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 152 paratype workers, 1 paratype male with same data, 5 paratype workers Taiwan: Taitung City, Chihpen, 10.viii.1980 (M. Terayama). Secondary type depositories: MTPC, NIAS, OMNH, TARI.

Status as species: Morisita et al., 1989: 34; Xu, 1994a: 120; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Imai et al., 2003: 209; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Wang, 2006: 637 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 124; Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013: 196 (redescription); Staab, 2015: 141 (in key).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
Jaitrong, W.; Yamane, S. 2013. The Aenictus ceylonicus species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Aenictinae) from Southeast Asia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 31:165-233. PDF
Lin, C.-C.; Wu, W.-J. 2003. The ant fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with keys to subfamilies and genera. [In Chinese.]. Guoli Taiwan Bowuguan Niankan 46:5-69.
Morisita, M.; Kubota, M.; Onoyama, K.; Ogata, K.; Terayama, M.; Kondoh, M.; Imai, H. T. 1989. A guide for the identification of Japanese ants. I. Ponerinae, Cerapachyinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Dorylinae, and Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [In Japanese.]. Tokyo: Myrmecological Society of Japan, 42 pp.
Staab, M. 2015. Aenictus hoelldobleri sp. n., a new species of the Aenictus ceylonicus group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with a key to the Chinese members of the group. ZooKeys 516:137-155. PDF
Terayama, M. 1984. A new species of the army ant genus Aenictus from Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 39:13-16. PDF
Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266. PDF
Wang, W. 2006. A new species of the genus Aenictus Shuckard from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [in Chinese.]. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31:637-639. PDF
Xu, Z. 1994a. A taxonomic study of the ant subfamily Dorylinae in China (Hymenoptera Formicidae). [In Chinese.]. Journal of Southwest Forestry College 14:115-122.

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