Aenictus dentatus

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
A member of the pachycerus group.

Key to Aenictus species groups / Key to Aenictus pachyerus group species

Distribution
India, Malaysia and Borneo.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Malaysia. Oriental Region: India, Thailand, Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  dentatus. Aenictus aitkeni var. dentata Forel, 1911d: 383 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Raised to species: Wilson, 1964a: 460. See also: Jaitrong, Yamane & Tasen, 2012: 134.

Worker
Wilson (1964) - Kuching: HW 0.76 mm, HL 0.92 mm, SL 1.09 mm. Other workers in this series have HW 0.78-0.81 mm. Bombay: HW 0.87 mm, HL L03 mm, SL 1.09 mm. Other workers in this series have HW 0.87-0.88 mm. Antenna 10-segmented. Mandibles typical. Clypeus convex, entire, unarmed. Parafrontal ridge prominent, about 0.5 mm long; prosalient and acutely angular in side view. Occiput convex, with a large, well demarcated collar. Propodeal junction developed into a high, thin transverse ridge which in side view appears as a large, acute "tooth" overhanging the declivitous face. Subpetiolar process a low, irregularly shaped lobe directed downward. Pilosity abundant and long; hairs on pronotum as long as 0.30 mm.

Head, mesosoma, and pedicel entirely microreticulate (reticular diameters about 0.01 mm) and opaque in Kuching series; in the Bombay series, a small area on the gena is feebly shining. In addition, lateral mesosomal surface bearing several longitudinal rugae, 5-6 in the Kuching series and about 10 in the Bombay series. Medium reddish brown overall, except for occiput, which is a somewhat contrasting dark reddish brown.