Aenictus sundaica

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Aenictus sundaica (Karavaiev, 1927) unresolved junior homonym, junior synonym of current valid taxon Aenictus laeviceps (Smith, 1857)

Eciton (Aenictus) fergusoni var. sundaica Karavaiev, 1927f: 7 (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”). Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sunda Strait, Prinsen I. (= Panaitan I.), 5.i.1913, Nr. 2398 (W. Karawajew). Primary type depositories: MZSP, SIZK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0916859. Type notes: 1) Radchenko et al., 2023: 17, cite 17 worker syntypes in SIZK. 2) Mônica Antunes Ulysséa cites 1 worker syntype in MZSP.

[Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Aenictus clavatus sundaicus Forel, 1909i (Bolton, 1995b: 60).]
Junior synonym of Aenictus laeviceps: Wilson, 1964a: 467; Terayama & Yamane, 1989: 599; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Zhou, 2001a: 60; Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011a: 36.

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Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Jaitrong, W.; Yamane, S. 2011a. Synopsis of Aenictus species groups and revision of the A. currax and A. laeviceps groups in the eastern Oriental, Indo-Australian, and Australasian regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae). Zootaxa 3128:1-46. PDF
Karavaiev, V. 1927f. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu 3:3-52 [= Trudy. Ukrains'ka Akademiya Nauk. Fizichno-Matematichnoho Viddilu 7:3-52]. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Martynova, E. V.; Bazhenova, T. N.; Lasarenko, S. N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 5244 (1):1-32. 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1 PDF
Terayama, M.; Yamane, S. 1989. The army ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Sumatra, with descriptions of three new species. Japanese Journal of Entomology 57:597-603. 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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