Aenictus mariae

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus mariae Emery, 1895h: 18, pl. 2, figs. 5-7 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Makapan, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1895j: 747; Emery, 1910b: 31; Forel, 1913j: 212; Arnold, 1915: 140 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 753; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
 * Distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus natalensis.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004