Protonym: Aenictus (Aenictus) aratus subsp. nesiotis
Authorship Wheeler & Chapman, 1930: 208, fig. 7a-d
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality PHILIPPINES (Negros I.)
Primary type information Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous specimens from three colonies”). Type-locality: Philippines: Negros, Dumaguete, 12.iv.1927, and 29.xi.1925 (J.W. Chapman). Type-depository: MCZC.
Type notes Shattuck, 2008c: 11, cites 39 workers from the type-locality, and also one “syntype” from Los Banos (Luzon), a locality not mentioned in the original description and therefore not type-material.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aenictus aratus nesiotis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Aenictus nesiotis Wheeler & Chapman, 1930
Original combination
Aenictus nesiotis Species Valid