Anochetus quadrispinosus

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Anochetus quadrispinosus (Smith, 1858) junior synonym of current valid taxon Anochetus emarginatus (Fabricius, 1804)

Odontomachus quadrispinosus Smith, 1858a: 78, pl. 5, figs. 15-17 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Brazil: (no further data), Brazil: Pará, 48/133 (H.W. Bates & A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: 1) A specimen tagged as holotype in BMNH is labelled “Brazil” and also has a Farren White label. It is probable that this determination is a secondary labelling by Farren White (who seems to have had a habit of throwing away original data labels and substituting his own). 2) Also in BMNH are two Anochetus quadrispinosus workers with the data, “Para 48/133”, for which the BMNH accessions register gives: “1848 no. 133. Para. Bt of Stevens. Collected by Mssrs Bates & Wallace.” One of these specimens is sublabelled “172.” I suspect that all three together constituted the original syntype series (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).

Junior synonym of Anochetus emarginatus: Roger, 1861a: 32; Roger, 1862c: 289; Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863a: 454; Emery, 1890b: 63; Forel, 1895b: 117; Emery, 1911e: 111; Borgmeier, 1923: 76; Kempf, 1964f: 238; Kempf, 1972b: 21; Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 65.

Obsolete combinations

Odontomachus quadrispinosus

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
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. 1890b. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6)10:55-76. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1964f. The ants of the genus Anochetus (Stenomyrmex) in Brazil (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 7:237-246. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
Roger, J. 1861a. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen (Schluss). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 5:1-54. PDF
Roger, J. 1862c. Synonymische Bemerkungen. 1. Ueber Formiciden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 6:283-297. PDF
Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF

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