Aenictus papuanus

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Aenictus papuanus Donisthorpe, 1941 junior synonym of current valid taxon Aenictus orientalis (Karavaiev, 1926)

Aenictus papuanus Donisthorpe, 1941c: 129 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number of workers”). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Mafulu, Wharton Range, 4000 ft, xii.1933, no. 556 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.

Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 11; Chapman, 1963: 253.
Junior synonym of Aenictus ceylonicus: Wilson, 1964a: 452; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Zhou, 2001a: 59.
Junior synonym of Aenictus orientalis: Shattuck, 2008c: 18.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W. 1963. Some new and interesting Philippine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Philippine Journal of Science 92:247-263. PDF
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1941c. Descriptions of new species of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)7:129-144. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 2008c. Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr). Zootaxa 1926:1-19. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1964a. The true army ants of the Indo-Australian area (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Pacific Insects 6:427-483. PDF
Zhou, S. 2001a. Ants of Guangxi. [In Chinese.]. Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 255 pp. PDF

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