Aenictus peguensis

No biological information is available for A. peguensis. However, judging from the type locality and the locality of non-type material examined this species inhabits lowlands.

Identification
Aenictus peguensis is most similar in general appearance to Aenictus subterraneus but is distinguished from the latter as follows: distinctly larger than the latter (total length 2.95–3.25mm, head width 0.52–0.60mm in A. peguensis; total length 2.10–2.15mm, head width 0.48–0.50mm in the latter); propodeal junction angulated, right-angled (roundly angulated in the latter); with head in full-face view posterior margin convex (feebly concave in the latter).

Distribution
This taxon was described from Myanmar. It is also known from Vietnam.

Nomenclature

 *  peguensis. Aenictus peguensis Emery, 1895k: 452 (w.) MYANMAR. Subspecies of ceylonicus: Forel, 1901a: 477. Revived status as species: Bingham, 1903: 22. See also: Wilson, 1964a: 472.

Additional References

 * Jaitrong, W. & Hashimoto, Y. 2012. Revision of the Aenictus minutulus species group (Hymenoptera Formicidae Aenictinae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 3426, 29-44.