Anochetus madecassus

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

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Anochetus madecassus Santschi, 1928 junior synonym of current valid taxon Anochetus grandidieri Forel, 1891

Anochetus madecassus Santschi, 1928d: 54 (q.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Nossi-Bé (J. Descarpentries). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101098. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 142, cites holotype in NHMB, therefore lectotype designation by Fisher & Smith, 2008: 8, is redundant.

Junior synonym of Anochetus grandidieri: Brown, 1978c: 557; Bolton, 1995b: 65; Fisher & Smith, 2008: 8.
Lectotype designation: Fisher & Smith, 2008: 8 (redundant).

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
Fisher, B. L.; Smith, M. A. 2008. A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 3 (5):e1787. 10.1371/journal.pone.0001787 PDF
Santschi, F. 1928d. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (quatrième note). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 16:54-69. PDF

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