Aenictus soudanicus Santschi
  Type location Mali*
(Aenictus soudanicus n. sp.,
Santschi, 1910g: 785, illustrated, male) from Sudan Fr., Toukola, iv. 1903, Dr
Conan
subspecies brunneus
(Aenictus soudanicus Santschi
v. brunnea n. var., Forel,
1913b: 313, male) from Zaïre - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=rmcaent000017717
males only described. *The specimens in the Santschi
(1910g) paper all appear to be from Bamako, Mali, and not modern
"Sudan" as listed in Bolton (1995). Toukoula, however, may be a
part of the Burkina Faso town of Sikorla, just across the southern
border of Mali.  .
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 Santschi's
(1910g) description is at  . Santschi (1930a: 57) noted that the eyes
of this species are always decoloured and whitish, whereas all other
species have black eyes. The ventral areas of the first three gastral
segments are as brown as the thorax and the median posterior thorax is
rust brown.
Forel's (1913b) description of brunnea is at  .
Also known from Senegal, Saint Louis, collected
by
Claveau (in Wheeler, 1922).
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The
photomontage of the type male is collated
from