Aenictus Shuckard 1840 (army ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: W. E. Shuckard. 1840. Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of the Hymenoptera Heterogyna. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5:258-271

Parent taxon: Dorylinae according to M. L. Borowiec 2016

Sister taxa: Acanthostichini, Acanthostichus, Cerapachyini, Curticorna, Cylindromyrmecini, Cylindromyrmex, Dorylus, Lioponera, Neivamyrmex, Parasyscia, Procerapachys, Yunodorylus, Eoaenictites

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Zhangpu amber (Miocene of China)

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