Aenictus obscurus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Castes
Known only from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Enictus obscurus Smith, F. 1865: 79 (m.) NEW GUINEA (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype(?) male.
 * Type-locality: New Guinea.
 * Type-depository: unknown, presumed lost.
 * [Note: this taxon was not mentioned by Donisthorpe, 1932c: 472-474, in his catalogue of F. Smith types, nor was it found in OXUM by Bolton (unpublished notes, ca 1975).]
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1871a: 336; Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Emery, 1910b: 31; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 16; Wilson, 1964a: 483; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
 * Distribution: New Guinea.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (Manila) 1: 1- 327
 * Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.