Aenictus clavatus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Castes
Known only from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus clavatus Forel, 1901a: 471 (m.) INDIA (Maharashtra, Gujarat, “Inde septentrionale”).
 * Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: India: Poona (Wroughton), Inde septentrionale (Wroughton), and Guzerath (Wroughton).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 12; Emery, 1910b: 30; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 14; Wilson, 1964a: 482; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Tiwari, 1999: 18; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 20.
 * Distribution: India.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus atripennis, kanariensis, sundaicus.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Forel A. 1901. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VIII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 462-477
 * Tiwari R. N., B. G. Kundu, S. Roy Chowdhury, and S. N. Ghosh. 2003. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Fauna of Sikkim. Part 4. State Fauna Series. 9.Zool.Surv.India. i-iii, 1-512. Chapter pagination: 467-506.
 * Tiwari, R.N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96