Anochetus inca

Anochetus inca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Anochetus
Species:	A. inca
Binomial name
Anochetus inca Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to the Anochetus species of the Neotropics

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.56667° to 4.56667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Peru (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

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

• inca. Anochetus (Stenomyrmex) inca Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 8 (w.) PERU.
  • Type-material: 9 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Peru: Rio Charape, 5000 ft, ix.1911 (C.H.T. Townsend).
  • Type-depositories: MCZC, NHRS.
  • Status as species: Kempf, 1964f: 238; Kempf, 1972a: 22; Brown, 1978c: 557; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Zabala, 2008: 132; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 123; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 516.
  • Distribution: Colombia, Peru.

References

• Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Ark. Zool. 17A(8 8: 1-55 (page 8, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Brown Jr., W.L. 1978. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, Tribe Ponerini, Subtribe Odontomachiti, Section B. Genus Anochetus and Bibliography. Studia Entomologia 20(1-4): 549-XXX
• Escalante Gutiérrez J. A. 1993. Especies de hormigas conocidas del Perú (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Peruana de Entomología 34:1-13.
• Kempf W. W. 1964. The ants of the genus Anochetus (Stenomyrmex) in Brazil (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 7: 237-246.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Wheeler W. M. 1925. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8): 1-55.