Aenictus rotundatus, Mayr, 1901

Gómez, Kiko, Csősz, Sándor, Jégh, Tamas & Keller, Roberto A., 2024, Aenictus brutus sp. nov., a new species of the army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Forest (Liberia), Belgian Journal of Entomology 148, pp. 1-9 : 5-6

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16957951
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BC5576-FFA0-6F0E-FF51-46A4FAB4B7BB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aenictus rotundatus
status

Treatment

rotundatus View in CoL group mariae species complex boltoni Gomez, 2022

hitai Gomez, 2022

mariae Emery, 1895

=mariae natalensis Emery, 1901

steindachneri Mayr, 1901 rotundatus species complex congolensis Santschi, 1911

guineensis Santschi, 1924

jacki Gomez, 2022

nyuyi Gomez, 2022

rotundatus Mayr, 1901

=furibundus Arnold, 1959

= rotundatus merwei Santschi, 1932

ugaduwensis Gomez, 2022

weissi Santschi, 1910

Key to species in the popeyei View in CoL group (workers)

1. Upper half of mandibles flat, square and rugulated, sometimes becoming thin and translucent close to the medial edge ( Fig. 1A View Fig ). Bigger size (HW 0.98-1.04) ......................... brutus View in CoL sp. nov.

– Upper half of mandibles semispherical, rounded, smooth ( Fig. 1B View Fig ). Smaller size (HW 0.78- 0.89) ......................................................................................................... popeyei Gomez, 2022 View in CoL