Aenictus malakkaparensis

This species is known only from the type locality in Kerala, India.

Identification
Aenictus malakkaparensis is similar to Aenictus appressipilosus from which it can be fairly separated by a combination of characters. Aenictus appressipilosus have two long standing hairs mixed with few short appressed hairs on the vertex and has a few appressed hairs mixed with few decumbent hairs on promesonotum whereas in Aenictus malakkaparensis two long standing hairs are absent and its sub petiolar process is low and short, with anterior and posterior corners bluntly angulated and the ventral outline convex.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus malakkaparensis Antony & Prasad, 2022: 20781 (w.) INDIA.

Type Material

 * Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/IR-INV.13903, 04.xii.2018, Female, worker, Malakkapara, Thrissur, India, Kerala, 10.280N, 76.861E, 1,016m, hand collection from ground, coll. A. Antony.