Paraenictus Wheeler, 1929 Typhlatta Smith, 1857 Aenictus is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics.

[4] The genus presently has 181 species,[2] distributed through the East Mediterranean, Afrotropical, Oriental, Indo-Australian, and Australian regions.

[5][8][12][13] Foraging raids undertaken by these ants occur both day and night, usually across the ground surface but occasionally also in trees.

During raids, numerous workers attack ant nests in a small area, with several workers coordinating their efforts to carry large prey items back to the nest or bivouac.

[3] Species of Aenictus are generally small, monomorphic and yellow to dark brown.