Dorylinae is an ant subfamily, with distributions in both the Old World and New World. In 2014, Brady et al. synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies under the Dorylinae.
Aenictus is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.
Aenictus ceylonicus is a species of reddish brown army ant found in Southern India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Australia. They are completely blind and around 3 mm in length. These ants are seen foraging underneath leaf litter in forests and well-vegetated areas, travelling in a trail of in three or more columns alongside each other, in parts of India. Their antennae, as in most species of Aenictus, have ten segments. The scape is long and extends above the head. The head is smooth and shiny. The mesosoma and the head region are dark brown, while the gaster is oval and lighter in colour, nearly translucent. The mesosoma is broad anteriorly and strongly compressed posteriorly. The petiole and the post petiole are large, conical and shining. They occur in rainforests and moist deciduous forests building temporary nests on the ground and in rotting logs.
A. silvestrii may refer to:
Aenictus gutianshanensis is a Chinese species of army ant in the genus Aenictus. The species is known only from a single colony. Little is known about its biology, but it is probably most closely related to A. vieti.
Aenictus aitkenii is a species of reddish brown army ant found in India, and Sri Lanka.
Aenictus biroi is a species of reddish brown army ant found in Sri Lanka.
Aenictus fergusoni is a species of reddish brown army ant found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, and China.
Aenictus pachycerus is a species of reddish brown army ant found in India, and Sri Lanka.
Aenictus anceps is a species of tannish beige army ant found in Eritrea, and Sudan.
Aenictus binghami is a species of tiger's eye-colored army ant found in Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. Colonies have been described in detail in Pak Chong District of Thailand, and Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam, where a queen was noted in a bivouac at nighttime.
Aenictus longi is a species of tannish beige army ant found in Bangladesh, and India. The species has two subspecies, "Aenictus longi longi", and "Aenictus longi taivanae".
Aenictus aratus is a species of beige and dark brown army ant found in Northern Australia. Parasitic depredation has been observed from Phoridae flies.
Aenictus currax is a species of dark brown army ant found on New Guinea. A colony of 100,000+ was chronicled on New Guinea in Karema, PNG. The ants form new colonies through fission.
Aenictus feae is a species of brown army ant found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Yunnan.
Aenictus arya is a species of light brown army ant found in India, specifically Karnataka and West Bengal.
Aenictus asantei is a species of brown army ant found in Nigeria and Ghana. The species has been observed column raiding Pheidole juveniles. It is named for the Asante people.
Aenictus luteus is a species of brown army ant found in Sierra Leone and Cote D'Ivoire.
