Global InformationAenictogiton information
| Aenictogiton | |
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| Aenictogiton sp. male from Zambia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Aenictogiton Emery, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Aenictogiton fossiceps | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 7 species | |
Aenictogiton is a genus of ants, comprising seven rarely collected species.[2] All the species are known only from males found in Central Africa, and show a morphological and phylogenetic affinity to the army ant genus Dorylus.[2] The dorylomorph ants include six subfamilies– Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Leptanilloidinae, and the three army ant subfamilies Aenictinae, Dorylinae and Ecitoninae.[3]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Aenictogiton". AntCat. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b Brady, Seán G.; Ted R. Schultz; Brian L. Fisher; Philip S. Ward (2006-11-01). "Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (48). National Academy of Sciences: 18172–18177. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605858103. PMC 1838725. PMID 17079492.
- ^ Bolton, Barry (December 1990). "Army ants reassessed: the phylogeny and classification of the doryline section (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Journal of Natural History. 24 (6): 1339–1364. Bibcode:1990JNatH..24.1339B. doi:10.1080/00222939000770811. ISSN 0022-2933.