Protonym: Aenictus (Aenictus) aratus subsp. nesiotis
Authorship Wheeler & Chapman, 1930: 208, fig. 7a-d
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality PHILIPPINES (Negros)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous specimens from three colonies”). Primary type locality: Philippines: Negros, Dumaguete, 12.iv.1927, and 29.xi.1925 (J.W. Chapman). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes Shattuck, 2008c: 11, cites 39 syntype 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