Aenictus sagei

Mr Weatherill found a worker of a small (HW 0.56 mm) species of Paratrechina {Nylanderia) and 1 of a Plagiolepis (HW 0.64 mm) being preyed on by workers of accession no. 15. (Wilson 1964)

Identification
A member of the wroughtonii group.

Key to Aenictus species groups

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Nepal.

Nomenclature

 *  sagei. Aenictus wroughtonii var. sagei Forel, 1901a: 469 (w.) INDIA. Raised to species: Wilson, 1964a: 477. See also: Jaitrong, et al. 2010: 40.

Worker
Wilson (1964) - Syntypes: HW 0.51mm, HL 0.62mm, SL 0.54mm, Sl 106; HW 0.46mm, HL 0.60mm, SL 0.47 mm, Sl 102. HW of 7 other syntypes measured 0.46-0.53 mm. Close to wroughtoni, differing as follows: larger; with much shorter scapes; the petiolar node a little higher; a broad triangular area covering most of central occiput and vertex infuscate, contrasting with the yellow coloration of the remainder of head (wroughtoni is concolorous yellow). While sagei may in time prove to be a northern geographic variant of wroughtoni, I have considered the characters listed here adequate to justify provisional species rank for a form already bearing a name.

Type Material
Wilson (1964) - Type locality: Dharmsala, India.