Anochetus sudanicus

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Anochetus sudanicus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Anochetus traegaordhi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Anochetus
Species: Anochetus sudanicus
Weber, 1942

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sudanicus. Anochetus sudanicus Weber, 1942a: 47, fig. 7 (w.) SUDAN. Junior synonym of gracilicornis: Brown, 1964d: 215.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 66, catalogue)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1964m. Synonymy and variation of some species of the ant genus Anochetus. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 37: 212-215 (page 215, junior synonym of gracilicornis)
  • Weber, N. A. 1942b. New doryline, cerapachyine and ponerine ants from the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 44: 40-49 (page 47, fig. 7 worker described)