Aenictus westwoodi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India. Palaearctic Region: China.

Castes
Known only from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus ambiguus var. westwoodi Forel, 1901a: 469 (m.) INDIA (no state data, “Inde septentrionale”).
 * Type-material: holotype(?) male.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: India: Inde septentrionale (Wroughton).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Subspecies of ambiguus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 14; Wilson, 1964a: 481.
 * Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 10; Emery, 1910b: 31; Xu, 1994a: 117; Bolton, 1995b: 61; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 23; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 21.
 * Distribution: China, India.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Karmaly K. A.; S. Sumesh, T. P. Rabeesh, and L. Kishore. 2010. A checklist of ants of Thirunelli in Wayanad, Kerala. J. of the Bombay Natural History Society 107(1): 64-67.
 * Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
 * Xu Z. 1994. A taxonomic study of the ant subfamily Dorylinae China (Hymenoptera Formicidae Ponerinae). Journal of Southwest Forestry College 14(2): 115-122