Anochetus tyrannicus

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Anochetus tyrannicus (Smith, 1861) homonym replaced by Anochetus gladiator (Mayr, 1862)

Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, 1861b: 44, pl. 1, fig. 4 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”) (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 467, states no specimens in OXUM, 2 workers in BMNH (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978). 2) The labels on the two BMNH specimens are slightly different, but there is no way of proving if one is not an original syntype. Worker 1 is labelled: “Celebes”; written under the stage-card is “Celebes. Taken by Wallace n. sp.” Worker 2 is labelled: “Celebes, Manado. 60/76.” BMNH accessions register gives: “1860 no. 76 (Sept. 13) Celebes (Manado). Purchased of Stevens. Collected by A. Wallace.” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).

[Junior primary homonym of Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, 1859a.]
Combination in Anochetus: Emery, 1893m: 48
Status as species: Smith, 1863a: 19; Dalla Torre, 1893: 48; Emery, 1911e: 110; Forel, 1911g: 250; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 42.
Replacement name: Anochetus gladiator Mayr, 1862.
[Note: Anochetus gladiator Mayr, 1862, junior synonym of Anochetus tyrannicus Smith, 1861b (synonymy by Dalla Torre, 1893: 48); hence Anochetus gladiator Mayr, 1862, is first available replacement name (Brown, 1978c: 574; Bolton, 1995b: 66).]

Obsolete combinations

Odontomachus tyrannicus

Citations

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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
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
Emery, C. 1893m. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.]. Pp. 4-266 in: Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematischen-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 11:249-303. PDF
Smith, F. 1861b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 6:36-48. PDF
Smith, F. 1863a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouru and Timor. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 7:6-48. PDF

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