Aenictus watanasiti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Aenictinae
Genus: Aenictus
Species: Aenictus watanasiti

Name

Aenictus watanasiti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013: 213

Holotype: THNHM, WJT01-DST02, worker, 7.VI.2001, leg. W. Jaitrong.

Type locality: THAILAND: Worker from N. Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Muang Dist.

Etymology: The specific name is dedicated to Assoc. Prof. Suparoek Watanasit of Prince of Songkhla University, who has been a leading myrmecologist in Thailand.

References

Jaitrong, W.; Yamane, S. 2013: The Aenictus ceylonicus species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Aenictinae) from Southeast Asia. Journal of Hymenoptera research 31: 165–233. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.31.4274 Reference page.