Aenictus bobaiensis

Identification
A member of the pachycerus group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus bobaiensis Zhou & Chen, 1999: 64, figs. 1, 2 (w.) CHINA (Guangxi).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype China: Guangxi; paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: GNUC.
 * Status as species: Zhou, 2001b: 63; Wang, W. 2006: 637 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 22; Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2013: 99 (in key).
 * Distribution: China, Vietnam.

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.
 * Jaitron W., and D. Wiwatwitaya. 2013. Two new species of the Aenictus pachycerus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae) from southeast Asia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(1): 97-102.
 * Staab M., A. Schuldt, T. Assmann, H. Bruelheide, and A.M. Klein. 2014. Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologia 61: 32-40.
 * Zhou S.-Y. and Chen Z. 1999. The ant genus Aenictus Shuckard from Guangxi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Guangxi Sciences 6(1): 63-64.