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Friday, February 22, 2013

Aenictus

Aenictus under the subfamily Aenictinae is group under the behavior group of army ants. This small black species typical of army ants packs a painful sting. Like Leptogenys, workers of Aenictus are monomorphic. This first species documented here is one of the larger species of this genus with the monomorphic workers measuring nearly 4 millimeters (TL).



Aenictus workers

Aenictus ant worker
Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker
Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker
Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker
Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker
Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker
Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus ant worker.

Aenictus cornutus


Aenictus cornutus ant worker.

Aenictus cornutus ant worker.


Aenictus sp3

Aenictus ant workers
Aenictus sp(3)

Aenictus ant workers
Aenictus sp(3)

Aenictus sp4

 Workers of Aenictus sp4
Aenictus sp4

Aenictus wilsoni

 Worker of Aenictus wilsoni. This is the most sensitive species of the Aenictus genus documented in this blog.








Taxonomy:
No rank: cellular organisms 131567
Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota 2759
No rank: Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
No rank: Eumetazoa 6072
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria 33213
No rank (Branch): Protostomia 33317
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata 197563
No rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia 85512
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota 7496
Infraclass: Neoptera 33340
Cohort: Holometabola
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
Suborder Apocrita 7400
Infraorder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Dorylinae 213859
Genus: Aenictus 232111


Last Updated: 2021 08 03
First Posted: 2013 02 22
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