Aenictus

Japanese: Aenictus
Aenictus

…General term for ants belonging to the family Formicidae (Hymenoptera), subfamily Dorylinae, which consists of two genera, Dorylus and Aenictus , and are distributed from Africa to the tropical regions of Asia. In Japan, one small species, Aenictus, lives on Iriomote Island. Worker ants lack compound eyes or have only a vestigial single eye, and the genus Aenictus is polymorphic, with a continuous variation from large soldiers to small workers, but all have mandibles with sharp tips. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Aenictus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…膜翅目アリ科サスライアリ亜科Dorylinaeに属するアリの総称で,サスライアリ属Dorylusとヒメサスライアリ属Aenictusの2属からなり,アフリカからアジアの熱帯地方にかけて分布し,日本には西表島に小型のヒメサスライアリの1種が生息している。働きアリは複眼を欠くか,痕跡的な1個眼しかなく,サスライアリ属のものは多型で大型の兵アリから小型の働きアリまで連続した変異が見られるが,いずれも先端のよくとがった大あごをもっている。…

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