Protonym: Eciton (Aenictus) ceylonicus subsp. orientalis
Authorship Karavaiev, 1926d: 423, fig. 2
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDONESIA (Aru Is)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, Wammar I., 19.iii.1913 (W. Karawajew). Primary type depositories: ANIC, SIZK.
Type notes 1) Kostyuk, 1976: 93, cites 64 worker syntypes in SIZK. 2) Radchenko et al., 2023: 17, cite 43 worker syntypes in SIZK.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aenictus orientalis Species Valid
Eciton ceylonicus orientalis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Aenictus orientalis (Karavaiev, 1926)
Original combination