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Anochetus obscuratus Santschi, 1911 valid

Anochetus madagascarensis var. obscurata Santschi, 1911c: 351 (w.q.) TANZANIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Kilimanjaro, Kiboscho (Ch. Alluaud). Primary type depositories: MNHN, NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 142, cites 2 queen syntypes in NHMB.

Subspecies of Anochetus africanus: Emery, 1911e: 108; Santschi, 1914b: 56; Wheeler, 1922: 791.
Status as species: Santschi, 1923e: 265; Brown, 1978c: 558, 602; Bolton, 1995b: 65; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 219.
Senior synonym of Anochetus schoutedeni: Brown, 1978c: 558; Bolton, 1995b: 65.
Senior synonym of Anochetus schoutedeni ustus: Brown, 1978c: 558; Bolton, 1995b: 65.

Junior synonyms

Anochetus schoutedeni Santschi, 1923
Anochetus schoutedeni ustus Santschi, 1923

Obsolete combinations

Anochetus madagascarensis obscuratus

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1978c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography. Studia Entomologica 20:549-638. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
Santschi, F. 1911c ("1910"). Nouvelle fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 79:351-369. PDF
Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11:259-295. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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