Aenictus gracilis

Distribution
This taxon was described from Borneo. It is also found in the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Malaysia.

Nomenclature

 *  gracilis. Aenictus gracilis Emery, 1893e: 187, pl. 8, fig. 1 (w.) BORNEO. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1990a: 460 (l.). Senior synonym of boelianensis, elongatus, martini: Wilson, 1964a: 463; Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011: 16.
 * martini. Aenictus martini Forel, 1901a: 473 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Wheeler, W.M. 1930g: 203 (q.); Chapman, 1963: 251 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. 1943: 326 (l.). Junior synonym of gracilis: Wilson, 1964a: 463.
 * boelianensis. Aenictus martini var. boelianensis Forel, 1913k: 20 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Junior synonym of gracilis: Wilson, 1964a: 463.
 * elongatus. Eciton (Aenictus) fergusoni subsp. elongatus Karavaiev, 1926d: 424, fig. 3 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of gracilis: Wilson, 1964a: 463.

Additional References

 * Bolton, B. 1995. A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 504 pp.


 * [[Media:Chapman 1963.pdf|Chapman, J. W. 1963. Some new and interesting Philippine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Philipp. J. Sci. 92: 247-263 PDF]]


 * Emery, C. 1893. Voyage de MM. Bedot et Pictet dans ľArchipel Malais. Formicides de ľArchipel Malais. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 1, 187–229.


 * Forel, A. 1901. Les formicides de l’Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part 8. Sous famille Dorylinae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 13, 462–477.


 * Forel, A. 1913. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach ostindien, ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. 2. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911–1912. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 36, 1–148.


 * Jaitrong, W. & Yamane, S. 2011. Synopsis of Aenictus species groups and revision of the A. currax and A. laeviceps groups in the eastern Oriental, Indo-Australian, and Australasian regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae). Zootaxa, 3128, 1–46.


 * Wilson, E.O. 1964. The true army ants of the Indo-Australian area (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Pacific Insects, 6, 427–483.