Anochetus australis

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Anochetus australis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Anochetus neglectus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Anochetus
Species: Anochetus australis
Emery, 1906

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Anochetus neglectus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • australis. Anochetus australis Emery, 1906c: 117, fig. 2 (w.) URUGUAY. Santschi, 1929d: 278 (q.). Subspecies of mayri: Emery, 1911d: 110; Bruch, 1915: 528. Junior synonym of neglectus: Brown, 1978c: 558.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 63, catalogue)
  • 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. Stud. Entomol. 20: 549-638 (page 558, junior synonym of neglectus)
  • Bruch, C. 1915. Suplemento al catálogo de los formícidos argentinos. I. (Addenda et corrigenda). Rev. Mus. La Plata 19: 527-537 (page 528, subspecies of mayri)
  • Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 117, fig. 2 worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 110, subspecies of mayri)
  • Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 107: 273-316 (page 278, queen described)