Species Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870

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• Anochetus graeffei Mayr, G.L. 1870. Neue Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 20: Abhand. 939-996 [31 Dec. 1870] [961].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW (probable) *W, Upolu Is., Samoa.
• Anochetus amati Karavaiev, V. 1925. Ponerinen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet (Schluss). Konowia 4: 276–296.
• Anochetus minutus Karavaiev, V. 1925. Ponerinen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet (Schluss). Konowia 4: 276–296.
• Anochetus punctiventris oceanicus Emery, C. 1897. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica, collegit L. Biró. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20: 571-599 pl. 14-15.
• Anochetus punctiventris Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 28(1878): 645–686.
• Anochetus rudis Emery, C. 1889. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. XX. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim racolte de Leonardo Fea (1885–87). 6. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 27: 485-520 pls 10-11.
• Anochetus ruginotus Stitz, H. 1925. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1923: 110–136.
• Anochetus punctiventris taylori Forel, 1900 ["raised to species by Bingham, 1903; junior synonym of graeffei by Brown, 1978"].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wilson, E.O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. 5. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 120: 483–510 (for Anochetus amati, Anochetus minutus, Anochetus punctiventris oceanicus, and Anochetus punctiventris)
• Brown, W.L. jr 1978. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and Bibliography. Studia Entomologica ns 20: 549-638 pls 1-12 [30 Aug. 1978] (for Anochetus rudis, Anochetus ruginotus and Anochetus punctiventris taylori)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread, described from Samoa, Philippines, Cook Island, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Singapore, Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

 

General References

Shattuck, S.O. & Slipinska, E. 2012. Revision of the Australian species of the ant genus Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3426: 1–28

 

History of changes

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