Anochetus pangens

Anochetus pangens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Anochetus
Species:	A. pangens
Binomial name
Anochetus pangens (Walker, 1859) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (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.

Castes

Male

Images from AntWeb

Holotype of Anochetus pangens. Worker. Specimen code casent0902445. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• pangens. Formica pangens Walker, 1859: 371 (m.) SRI LANKA.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • [Note: number of specimens as cited by Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575.]
  • Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (F. Walker).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • [Misspelled as pungens by Smith, F. 1871a: 309.]
  • Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575;
  • combination in Anochetus: Brown, 1978c: 558.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 419; Motschoulsky, 1863: 12; Dalla Torre, 1893: 203; Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 200; Brown, 1978c: 558, 589; Bolton, 1995b: 65; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 103.
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 65, 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, Combination in Anochetus)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1932b. On the identity of some ants from Ceylon described by F. Walker. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(9): 574-576 (page 575, Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera))
• Walker, F. 1859. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3(4): 370-376 (page 371, male 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
• Brown W.L. Jr. 1978. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography. Studia Ent. 20(1-4): 549-638.
• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Dias R. K. S. 2002. Current knowledge on ants of Sri Lanka. ANeT Newsletter 4: 17- 21.