Suggest edit
Login
Sign up
References
Catalog
References
Catalog
Login
Sign up
Feedback or suggest an edit
An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Anochetus
›
Anochetus africanus
Anochetus
africanus
(Mayr, 1865)
valid
Stenomyrmex africanus
Mayr, 1865
: 11 (footnote) (w.) GHANA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): (no further data). Primary type depository:
NHMW
.
Type notes:
No indication of number of specimens is given.
André, 1892a
: 47 (q.)
Combination in
Anochetus
:
Forel, 1887
: 382
Status as species:
Forel, 1887
: 382;
Forel, 1891c
: 107;
André, 1892a
: 47;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 47;
Mayr, 1896
: 236;
Mayr, 1897
: 426 (footnote);
Forel, 1907d
: 1;
Santschi, 1910c
: 351;
Stitz, 1910
: 131;
Emery, 1911e
: 108;
Forel, 1913k
: 203;
Santschi, 1914d
: 331;
Stitz, 1916
: 372;
Wheeler, 1922
: 97, 790, 1012;
Santschi, 1923e
: 267;
Santschi, 1935b
: 263;
Santschi, 1937b
: 95;
Menozzi, 1942a
: 166;
Eidmann, 1944
: 436;
Bernard, 1953b
: 211;
Brown, 1978c
: 556, 602;
Bolton, 1995b
: 63;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 219.
Senior synonym of
Anochetus africanus camerunensis
:
Mayr, 1904b
: 2;
Emery, 1911e
: 108;
Wheeler, 1922
: 790;
Brown, 1978c
: 556;
Bolton, 1995b
: 63.
Senior synonym of
Anochetus pasteuri
:
Brown, 1978c
: 556;
Bolton, 1995b
: 63.
Junior synonyms
Anochetus africanus camerunensis
Mayr, 1896
Anochetus pasteuri
Santschi, 1923
Obsolete combinations
Stenomyrmex africanus
Citations
André, Ern.
1892a.
Matériaux myrmécologiques.
Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 11:45-56.
PDF
Bernard, F.
1953b ("1952").
La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae.
Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270.
PDF
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
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Eidmann, H.
1944.
Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 76:413-490.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Forel, A.
1887.
Fourmis récoltées à Madagascar par le Dr. Conrad Keller.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 7:381-389.
PDF
Forel, A.
1891c.
Les Formicides. [part].
In:
Grandidier, A.
1891.
Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule).
Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp.
PDF
Forel, A.
1907d.
Formicides du Musée National Hongrois.
Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 5:1-42.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913k.
Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(Suppl.):203-225.
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
Mayr, G.
1865.
Formicidae.
In:
Novara Expedition
1865.
Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1.
Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1896.
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 5. Formiciden gesammelt von Herrn Yngve Sjöstedt.
Entomologisk Tidskrift 17:225-252.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1897.
Formiciden aus Ceylon und Singapur.
Természetrajzi Füzetek 20:420-436.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1904b.
Formiciden aus Ägypten und dem Sudan.
In:
Jägerskiöld, L. A.
1904.
Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901. Part 1 (no. 9).
Uppsala: Library of the Royal University of Uppsala, 11 pp.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1942a.
Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940.
Zoologischer Anzeiger 140:164-182.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1910c ("1909").
Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1914d.
Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1923e.
Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I.
Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11:259-295.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1935b.
Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae.
Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2:255-277.
Santschi, F.
1937b.
Résultats entomologiques d'un voyage au Cameroun. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Dr. F. Zumpt.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 17:93-104.
PDF
Stitz, H.
1910.
Westafrikanische Ameisen. I.
Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151.
PDF
Stitz, H.
1916.
Formiciden.
Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1:369-405.
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
AntWeb
AntWiki
HOL
Google Scholar
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
Formicidae subfamilies
Ponerinae tribes
Ponerini genera
Anochetus
species
Anochetus africanus
subspecies
toggle legend
show invalid
All genera
Incertae sedis
Agroecomyrmecinae
Amblyoponinae
Aneuretinae
Apomyrminae
†Armaniinae
†Brownimeciinae
Dolichoderinae
Dorylinae
Ectatomminae
†Formiciinae
Formicinae
†Haidomyrmecinae
Leptanillinae
Martialinae
Myrmeciinae
Myrmicinae
Paraponerinae
Ponerinae
Proceratiinae
Pseudomyrmecinae
†Sphecomyrminae
†Zigrasimeciinae
All genera
Without tribe
Incertae sedis
Platythyreini
Ponerini
Anochetus
†Archiponera
Asphinctopone
Austroponera
Belonopelta
Boloponera
Bothroponera
Brachyponera
Buniapone
Centromyrmex
†Cephalopone
Corrieopone
Cryptopone
†Cyrtopone
†Desyopone
Diacamma
Dinoponera
Dolioponera
Ectomomyrmex
Emeryopone
Euponera
Feroponera
Fisheropone
Hagensia
Harpegnathos
Hypoponera
Igaponera
Iroponera
Leptogenys
Loboponera
Mayaponera
Megaponera
Mesoponera
†Messelepone
Myopias
Neoponera
Odontomachus
Odontoponera
Ophthalmopone
Pachycondyla
Paltothyreus
Parvaponera
Phrynoponera
Plectroctena
Ponera
†Ponerites
Promyopias
†Protopone
Psalidomyrmex
Pseudoneoponera
Pseudoponera
Rasopone
†Siinikaponera
Simopelta
Streblognathus
Thaumatomyrmex
Wadeura
All taxa
Subgenera
Without subgenus
africanus
agilis
alae
altisquamis
†ambiguus
angolensis
annetteae
armstrongi
avius
bequaerti
bispinosus
boltoni
†brevidentatus
brevis
bytinskii
cato
chirichinii
chocoensis
†conisquamis
consultans
†corayi
cryptus
daedalus
diegensis
†dubius
elegans
emarginatus
evansi
†exstinctus
faurei
filicornis
fricatus
fuliginosus
ghilianii
gladiator
goodmani
gracilis
graeffei
grandidieri
haytianus
hohenbergiae
horridus
inca
incultus
inermis
†intermedius
isolatus
jonesi
kanariensis
katonae
kempfi
lanyuensis
levaillanti
leyticus
longifossatus
longispinus
longus
†lucidus
madagascarensis
madaraszi
maryatiae
maynei
mayri
medogensis
micans
minans
†miosumatrensis
miserabilis
mixtus
modicus
muzziolii
myops
natalensis
neglectus
nietneri
obscuratus
obscurior
orchidicola
oriens
orientalis
pangantihoni
pangens
paripungens
pattersoni
pellucidus
peracer
princeps
pubescens
punctaticeps
pupulatus
rectangularis
renatae
risii
rothschildi
rufolatus
rufostenus
rufus
ruginotus
rugosus
schoedli
sedilloti
seminiger
shohki
simoni
siphneus
splendidulus
striatulus
strigatellus
subcoecus
talpa
targionii
testaceus
traegaordhi
tua
turneri
validus
vallensis
variegatus
veronicae
vexator
victoriae
werneri
wiesiae
yerburyi
No valid child taxa
show invalid