Aenictus luteus Emery 1892

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

Aenictus luteus Emery, 1892f PDF: 568, pl. 15, figs. 11, 12 (m.) SIERRA LEONE. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: 2 syntype males (one with head missing). Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (Staudinger & Bang-Haas). Type-depository: MSNG. Type notes: In the original description Emery says, “deux exemplaires de Sierra-Leone”, but Emery, 1895l PDF: 747, gives the type-locality as Ghana (“Goldküste”). It is not apparent if this is an error or a correction. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 8; Emery, 1895l PDF: 747; Emery, 1910b PDF: 32; Santschi, 1920d PDF: 373; Wheeler, 1922: 753; Bolton, 1995b: 60.

Aenictus luteus is a species of brown army ant found in Sierra Leone and Cote D'Ivoire.