Aenictus
| Aenictus | |
|---|---|
| Aenictus ceylonicus worker from Indonesia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictus Shuckard, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Aenictus ambiguus | |
| Diversity | |
| 181 species | |
| Synonyms | |
Aenictus is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world.