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Taxonomy of Genus Aenictus Shuckard, 1840


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
319
21125
328720
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
165
17348
314830
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
62
6400
167168
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
5
1575
54996
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants
1575
54996
Genera
Species
SubfamilyAenictinae
Emery, 1901
1
382
Genus
Species
TribeAenictini
Emery, 1901
1
382
Genus
Species
GenusAenictus
Shuckard, 1840
382Species
Subnodes of Aenictus Shuckard, 1840
SubgenusAenictus (Paraenictus)
Wheeler, 1929
0Species
SubgenusAenictus (Typhlatta)
Smith, 1857
0Species
SpeciesAenictus abeillei André, 1886
Catspaw, Purple cat's paw pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus acerbus Shattuck, 2008
SpeciesAenictus aitkeni Forel, 1900
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus aitkenii Forel, 1901
SpeciesAenictus alluaudi Santschi, 1910
Catspaw, Purple cat's paw pearly mussel, White catspaw
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus alticola Wheeler & Chapman in Wheeler, 1930
SpeciesAenictus alticolus Wheeler, 1930
SpeciesAenictus ambiguus Shuckard, 1840
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus anceps Forel, 1910
SpeciesAenictus annae Forel, 1911
Southern acornshell
SpeciesAenictus appressipilosus Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus arabicus Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012
SpeciesAenictus aratus Forel, 1900
Black lesser army ant, Penitent mussel, Southern combshell
5Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus artipus Wilson, 1964
SpeciesAenictus arya Forel, 1901
Round combshell
SpeciesAenictus asantei Campione, Novak & Gotwald, 1983
SpeciesAenictus asiatica Forel, 1900
SpeciesAenictus asperivalus Santschi, 1919
SpeciesAenictus asperivalvus Santschi, 1919
Tennessee riffleshell
SpeciesAenictus bakeri Menozzi, 1925
SpeciesAenictus baliensis Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus batesi Forel, 1911  ⇒ Aenictus decolor
SpeciesAenictus bayoni Menozzi, 1933
Wabash riffleshell
SpeciesAenictus bengalensis Mayr, 1879
3Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus bidentatus Donisthorpe, 1942  ⇒ Aenictus decolor
SpeciesAenictus binghami Forel, 1900
Penitent mussel, Southern combshell
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus binghamii Forel, 1900
SpeciesAenictus binghaniri Forel, 1900
SpeciesAenictus biroi Forel, 1907
Cumberland leafshell
SpeciesAenictus bobaiensis Zhou & Chen, 1999
SpeciesAenictus bodongjaya Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus boelianensis Emery, 1893
SpeciesAenictus boltoni Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus bottegoi Emery, 1899
Tubercled blossom
4Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus brazzai Santschi, 1910
Catspaw, Purple cat's paw pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus breviceps Forel, 1912
SpeciesAenictus brevicornis Mayr, 1879
Tubercled blossom, Tubercled blossom pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus brevinodus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus brevipodus Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus brutus Gómez, Csősz, Jégh & Keller, 2024
SpeciesAenictus buttel-reepeni Forel, 1913
SpeciesAenictus buttelreepeni Forel, 1913
Common clam shrimp
SpeciesAenictus buttgenbachi Forel, 1913
Desert clam shrimp
SpeciesAenictus camposi Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
SpeciesAenictus carolianus Zettel & Sorger, 2010
SpeciesAenictus certus Westwood, 1842
Cultivated tobacco, Playa clam shrimp
SpeciesAenictus ceylinicus Mayr, 1866
SpeciesAenictus ceylonensis Mayr, 1866
3Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus ceylonics Mayr, 1866
SpeciesAenictus ceylonicus Mayr, 1866
Green blossom, Green-blossom pearly mussel
4Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus changmaianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993
SpeciesAenictus chapmani Wilson, 1964
SpeciesAenictus clavatus Forel, 1901
Lilliput, Oklahoma clam shrimp, Round combshell
5Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus clavitibia Forel, 1901
Round combshell, Southern acornshell
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus concavus Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus congolensis Santschi, 1911
Barrel-cyst clam shrimp
SpeciesAenictus continuus Smith, 1858
SpeciesAenictus cornutus Forel, 1900
Penitent mussel, Southern combshell, Variable clam shrimp
SpeciesAenictus crucifer Santschi, 1914
Northern riffleshell
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus currax Emery, 1900
Snuffbox
SpeciesAenictus cylindripetiolus Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus decolor Mayr, 1879
Tubercled blossom, Tubercled blossom pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus dentatus Forel, 1911
Southern acornshell
SpeciesAenictus deuqueti Crawley, 1923  ⇒ Aenictus turneri
SpeciesAenictus diclops Shattuck, 2008
SpeciesAenictus dirangensis Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023
SpeciesAenictus dlusskyi Arnoldi, 1968
Texas clam shrimp
SpeciesAenictus doryloides Wilson, 1964
SpeciesAenictus doydeei Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus duengkaei Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
SpeciesAenictus eguchii Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus elongatus Emery, 1893
SpeciesAenictus eugeni
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus eugeniae Mayr, 1866
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus eugenii Emery, 1895
Turgid blossom, Turgid blossom pearly mussel
5Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus exiguus Clark, 1934  ⇒ Aenictus ceylonicus
SpeciesAenictus exilis Wilson, 1964
SpeciesAenictus feae Emery, 1889
SpeciesAenictus fergusoni Forel, 1901
Round combshell
8Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus fergussoni Emery, 1893
6Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus forculatus Santschi, 1919
SpeciesAenictus foreli Santschi, 1919
Tennessee riffleshell
SpeciesAenictus formosensis Forel, 1913
SpeciesAenictus fuchuanensis Zhou, 2001
SpeciesAenictus fulvus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus furculatus Santschi, 1919
Tennessee riffleshell
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus furibundus Arnold, 1959
Cracking pearly mussel, Cracking pearlymussel
SpeciesAenictus fuscipennis Forel, 1913
SpeciesAenictus fuscovarius Gerstaecker, 1859
Little-wing pearly mussel, Littlewing pearlymussel
6Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus gatesi Forel, 1900
SpeciesAenictus gibbosus Dalla Torre, 1893
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus glabratus Jaitrong & Nur-Zati, 2010
SpeciesAenictus glabrinotum Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus gleadowi Forel, 1901
SpeciesAenictus gleadowii Forel, 1901
Round combshell
SpeciesAenictus gonioccipus Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus gracilis Emery, 1893
Tapered pigtoe
SpeciesAenictus grandis Bingham, 1903
Sculptured pigtoe
SpeciesAenictus greeni Bingham, 1903
SpeciesAenictus guineensis Santschi, 1924
SpeciesAenictus gutianshanensis Staab, 2014
SpeciesAenictus hamifer Emery, 1896
False spike
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus henanensis Li & Wang, 2005
SpeciesAenictus hilli Clark, 1928
SpeciesAenictus hitai Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901
SpeciesAenictus hoelldobleri Stabb, 2015
SpeciesAenictus hottai Terayama & Yamane, 1989
Southern purple lilliput
SpeciesAenictus humeralis Santschi, 1910
Catspaw, Pale lilliput, Pale lilliput pearly mussel
4Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus huonicus Wilson, 1964
SpeciesAenictus icarus Forel, 1911
Southern acornshell
4Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus idoneus Menozzi, 1928
Purple lilliput
SpeciesAenictus impressus Forel, 1900
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus inconspicuus Westwood, 1843
Western lilliput
SpeciesAenictus indicus Bharti, Wachkoo & Kumar, 2012
SpeciesAenictus inflatus Yamane & Hashimoto, 1999
SpeciesAenictus itoi Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus jacki Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus jacobsoni Forel, 1909
Lilliput
SpeciesAenictus jarujini Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010
SpeciesAenictus javanus Emery, 1896
False spike
SpeciesAenictus jawadwipa Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus kadalarensis Sahoo, Ramakrishnaiah, Dharma Rajan & Datta-Roy, 2023
SpeciesAenictus karawaiewi Forel, 1901
SpeciesAenictus kenyensis Emery, 1895
SpeciesAenictus khaoyaiensis Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus kodaguensis Sahoo, Sahanashree, Priyadarsanan & Datta-Roy, 2024
SpeciesAenictus kodagura Shakur & Bagchi, 2024
SpeciesAenictus kodungallurensis Antony & Prasad, 2022
SpeciesAenictus koloi Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus kutai Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus laeviceps Smith, 1857
3Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus latifemoratus Terayama & Yamane, 1989
Southern purple lilliput
SpeciesAenictus latifermoratus Terayama & Yamane, 1989
SpeciesAenictus latiscapus Forel, 1901
Iridescent lilliput, Round combshell
6Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus latro Mayr, 1866
SpeciesAenictus leliepvrei Bernard, 1953
Savannah lilliput
SpeciesAenictus leptotyphlatta Jaitrong & Eguchi, 2010
SpeciesAenictus leviceps Smith, 1857
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus levior Karavaiev, 1926
SpeciesAenictus lifuiae Terayama, 1984
SpeciesAenictus longi Forel, 1901
Pocket-pouch fairy shrimp, Round combshell
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus longicephalus Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus longinodus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
SpeciesAenictus luteus Emery, 1892
Colorado fairy shrimp, Little-wing pearly mussel
3Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus luzoni Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
Conservancy fairy shrimp
SpeciesAenictus magretii Emery, 1892
SpeciesAenictus magrettii Emery, 1892
SpeciesAenictus malakkaparensis Antony & Prasad, 2022
SpeciesAenictus maneerati Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus margrettii Emery, 1892
SpeciesAenictus mariae Emery, 1895
Horned fairy shrimp, Round combshell, Turgid blossom
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus marocanus Santschi, 1926
SpeciesAenictus maroccanus Santschi, 1926
Great Basin fairy shrimp, Texas lilliput
SpeciesAenictus martini Emery, 1893  ⇒ Aenictus gracilis
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus mauritanicus Santschi, 1910
Catspaw, Purple cat's paw pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus mentu Weber, 1942
Giant fairy shrimp
SpeciesAenictus minimus Jaitrong & Hashimoto, 2012
SpeciesAenictus minipetiolus Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus minutulus Terayama & Yamane, 1989
Southern purple lilliput
SpeciesAenictus mocsaryi Emery, 1901
Eastern pearlshell, Winter fairy shrimp
SpeciesAenictus moczaryi Emery, 1901
SpeciesAenictus moebii Emery, 1895
Turgid blossom, Turgid blossom pearly mussel
6Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus montanus Forel, 1901
SpeciesAenictus montivagus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus mpressus Karavaiev, 1926
SpeciesAenictus mutatus Santschi, 1913
Kaibab fairy shrimp, Tennessee riffleshell
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus mvuvii Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus nesiotis Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1930
SpeciesAenictus nganduensis Wilson, 1964
SpeciesAenictus nishimurai Terayama & Kubota, 1993
SpeciesAenictus noctivagus Santschi, 1913
SpeciesAenictus nuchiti Jaitrong & Ruangsittichai, 2018
SpeciesAenictus nyuyi Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus obscurus Smith, 1865
Brown dogwood, Smooth dogwood, Versatile fairy shrimp
SpeciesAenictus orientalis Karavaiev, 1926
SpeciesAenictus pachycercus
SpeciesAenictus pachycerus Smith, 1858
Alabama pearlshell, Longhorn fairy shrimp
4Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus pangantihoni Zettel & Sorger, 2010
SpeciesAenictus papuanus Donisthorpe, 1941  ⇒ Aenictus ceylonicus
SpeciesAenictus paradentatus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
SpeciesAenictus parahuonicus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus peguensis Emery, 1895
Turgid blossom, Turgid blossom pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus pfeifferi Zettel & Sorger, 2010
SpeciesAenictus pharao Santschi, 1924
SpeciesAenictus pharoa Santschi, 1924
Alkali fairy shrimp, White cat's paw pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus philiporum Wilson, 1964
Mid-valley fairy shrimp
SpeciesAenictus philippinensis Chapman, 1963
SpeciesAenictus piercei Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
SpeciesAenictus pilosus Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus piltzi Forel, 1901
SpeciesAenictus pinkaewi Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus popeyei Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus porizonoides Walker, 1860
Mexican whorled milkweed, Narrow-leaved milkweed
SpeciesAenictus porozonoides Walker, 1860
SpeciesAenictus powersi Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
Packard fairy shrimp
SpeciesAenictus prolixus Shattuck, 2008
SpeciesAenictus pubescens Smith, 1859
Spectaclecase
SpeciesAenictus punctatus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
SpeciesAenictus punctiventris Emery, 1901
Eastern pearlshell
2Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus punensis Forel, 1901
Round combshell
SpeciesAenictus rabori Chapman, 1963
Nebraska fairy shrimp
SpeciesAenictus raptor Forel, 1913
SpeciesAenictus reyesi Chapman, 1963
Reading fairy shrimp
SpeciesAenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936
Salina mucket
SpeciesAenictus rixator Forel, 1901
Round combshell
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901
San Diego fairy shrimp, White cat's paw pearly mussel
3Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus rotundicollis Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus rougieri André, 1893
SpeciesAenictus sagei Forel, 1901
Round combshell
SpeciesAenictus samungi Jaitrong & Ruangsittichai, 2018
SpeciesAenictus schneirlai Wilson, 1964
SpeciesAenictus seletarius Wong & Guénard, 2016
SpeciesAenictus shilintongae Jaitrong & Schultz, 2016
SpeciesAenictus shillonenisis Mathew & Tiwari, 2000
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus shillongensis Tiwari, 2000
SpeciesAenictus shuckardi Forel, 1901
Round combshell
SpeciesAenictus siamensis Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus silvestrii Wheeler, 1929
SpeciesAenictus similis Donisthorpe, 1948  ⇒ Aenictus ceylonicus
SpeciesAenictus sirenicus Yamane & Wang, 2015
SpeciesAenictus smythiesii Smith, 1857
SpeciesAenictus sonchaengi Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus soudanicus Santschi, 1910
Catspaw, Purple cat's paw pearly mussel
3Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus spathifer Santschi, 1928
SpeciesAenictus steindachneri Mayr, 1901
SpeciesAenictus stenocephalus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010
SpeciesAenictus subterraneus Jaitrong & Hashimoto, 2012
SpeciesAenictus sulawesiensis Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus sumatrensis Forel, 1913
3Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus sundaica Smith, 1857
SpeciesAenictus sundalandensis Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus susanae Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus thailandianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993
SpeciesAenictus togoensis Santschi, 1915
Pale lilliput, Pale lilliput pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus tricarinata Smith, 1873
SpeciesAenictus trigonus Forel, 1911
Southern acornshell
SpeciesAenictus tuberculatus Arnold, 1915
SpeciesAenictus turneri Forel, 1900  ⇒ Aenictus ceylonicus
SpeciesAenictus ugaduwensis Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus unicolor
SpeciesAenictus vagans Santschi, 1924
White cat's paw pearly mussel, White catspaw
SpeciesAenictus vaucheri Emery, 1915
SpeciesAenictus vieti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010
SpeciesAenictus villersi Bernard, 1953
SpeciesAenictus villiersi Bernard, 1953
Savannah lilliput
SpeciesAenictus watanasiti Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus wayani Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
SpeciesAenictus weissi Santschi, 1910
Catspaw, Purple cat's paw pearly mussel
SpeciesAenictus westwoodi Forel, 1901
Round combshell
SpeciesAenictus wilaiae Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus wilsoni Bharti, Wachkoo & Kumar, 2012
SpeciesAenictus wiwatwitayai Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013
SpeciesAenictus wroughtoni Forel, 1901
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus wroughtonii Forel, 1890
1Subspecies
SpeciesAenictus wudangshanensis Wang, W., 2006
SpeciesAenictus xegi Gómez, 2022
SpeciesAenictus yamanei Wiwatwitaya & Jaitrong, 2011
SpeciesAenictus yangi Liu, Hita Garcia, Peng & Economo, 2015
SpeciesAenictus zhengi Zhang, 1994

Synonyms
Paraenictus (Wheeler, 1929)
Typhlatta (Smith, 1857)


Distribution of Aenictus Shuckard, 1840
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Afghanistan


Algeria


Argentina


Armenia


Australia
12 Species
Bahamas


Bangladesh


Barbados


Benin


Botswana


Brazil
1 Species
Brunei


Burkina Faso


Burundi


Cambodia


Cameroon


Central African Republic


China
41 Species
Cuba


Democratic Republic of the Congo


Dominica


Dominican Republic


Egypt


Eritrea


Ethiopia


Gabon


Gambia


Ghana


Greece


Guinea


Guinea-Bissau


Haiti


India
42 Species
Indonesia
56 Species
Iran


Israel


Ivory Coast


Jamaica


Japan


Kenya


Laos


Lesotho


Liberia


Madagascar
1 Species
Malaysia
34 Species
Mali


Mauritania


Mexico
1 Species
Morocco


Mozambique


Myanmar


Namibia


Nepal


Niger


Nigeria


Pakistan


Panama


Papua New Guinea


Philippines


Republic of the Congo


Republic South Africa


Rwanda


Saudi Arabia


Senegal


Sierra Leone


Singapore


Somalia


South Sudan


Sri Lanka


Sudan


Switzerland


Taiwan


Tanzania


Thailand


Togo


Tunisia


Turkey


Turkmenistan


Uganda


USA
2 Species
Vietnam


Zambia


Zimbabwe




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