Aenictus luteus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.

Castes
Known only from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 * . Aenictus luteus Emery, 1892d: 568, pl. 15, figs. 11, 12 (m.) SIERRA LEONE.
 * Type-material: 2 syntype males (one with head missing).
 * Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * [Note: in the original description Emery says, “deux exemplaires de Sierra-Leone”, but Emery, 1895j: 747, gives the type-locality as Ghana (“Goldküste”). It is not apparent if this is an error or a correction.]
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Emery, 1895j: 747; Emery, 1910b: 32; Santschi, 1920d: 373; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 753; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
 * Distribution: Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus moestus.

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. 1892. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 60: 553-574.
 * Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004