Aenictus rixator

This species is known from only a single specimen collected in South Africa in 1915.

Identification
Its size, short scapes, overall aspect, colour and distribution could suggest the species in the mariae species complex as the closest relatives, but can be separated from them by the absence of a row of triangular teeth at the clypeus, the linear long mandibles (triangular in the mariae complex), with reduced dentition (three teeth against one apical and 4-8 denticles) and the presence of a clearly defined propodeal ridge.

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

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus rixator Forel, in Emery, 1901d: 48 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Natal (R. Wroughton).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 31; Arnold, 1915: 137; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 754; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
 * Distribution: South Africa.

Type Material

 * Holotype, SOUTH AFRICA: Natal VII-1915 (Wroughton) (1w) MHNG [CASENT0907030, Material seen by Gomez, 2022].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.