Aenictus pubescens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Castes
Known only from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus pubescens Smith, F. 1859b: 10, pl. 2, fig. 17 (m.) INDIA (no state data,“Northern India”).
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: India: “Northern India” (no further data).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 41; Mayr, 1863: 394; Smith, F. 1871a: 336; Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Forel, 1901a: 469; Bingham, 1903: 10; Emery, 1910b: 31; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 16; Wilson, 1964a: 483; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 21.
 * Distribution: India.

Description
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from (Bingham 1903)

Male

Length 3 ½ lines (about 7.5 mm)

Rufo-testaceous, densely clothed with pale pubescence: the head black and shining, the mandibles and antennae rufo-testaceous; the ocelli in a curve on the vertex and situated on the side of a central elevation; the mandibles long and curved. The thorax obscure ferruginous; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures and stigma brown.

Abdomen densely clothed with long silky decumbent pubescence; the peduncle deeply concave above and channeled in the middle, slightly rounded at the sides; the peduncle of the same width as the 2nd segment, the terminal segment obtuse.

" Hab. Northern India." (Smith.)

I have quoted in full Mr. Smith's original description, as the species is unknown to me except from the mutilated type in the British Museum, which is minus the pedicel and abdomen.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * 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