Anochetus opaciventris

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Anochetus opaciventris Wheeler, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913

Anochetus opaciventris Wheeler, 1922: 98 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Akenge, from stomach of toads (Bufo funereus and B. polycercus) (H.O. Lang). Primary type depository: MCZC.

Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 791.
Junior synonym of Anochetus bequaerti: Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 65.

Citations

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
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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