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Subfamily: Aenictogitoninae   Ashmead, 1905 

   (Not a Valid Name)
Classification:

Current Valid Name:

Dorylinae

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Aenictogitonini Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 381. Type-genus: Aenictogiton. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Aenictogitoninae as tribe of Dorylinae: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 381 [Aenictogitonini]; Ashmead, 1906 PDF: 25 [Aenictogitonini]; Borgmeier, 1955 PDF: 57 [Aenictogitonini].
Aenictogitoninae as tribe of Ponerinae: Brown, 1975 PDF: 43 [Aenictogitini]; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 [Aenictogitini]; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11 [Aenictogitini].
Aenictogitoninae as subfamily of Formicidae: Baroni Urbani, Bolton & Ward, 1992 PDF: 315; Bolton, 1994: 14; all subsequent authors.
Aenictogitoninae as dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 37, 150; Brady & Ward, 2005 PDF: 593.
Aenictogitoninae as formicoid dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Brady, Schultz, et al. 2006: 18173; Ward, 2007C PDF: 555.
Aenictogitoninae as junior synonym of Dorylinae: Brady, Fisher, Schultz & Ward, 2014 PDF: 5.

Taxon Page Images:



This male Aenictogiton arrived at a mercury-vapor lamp at dusk in a western Ugandan forest. Kibale Forest, Uganda
Image © Alex Wild.

Overview:

The subfamily consists of a single genus,Aenictogiton,an enigmatic army ant genus known until recently only from males. It is found exclusively in tropical regions of Africa.

Taxonomic Notes:

Major recent phylogenies (e.g. Brady, Schultz et al. 2006) indicate a sister relationship to the monogeneric family Dorylinae.


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