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Anochetus rothschildi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Anochetus |
| Species: | A. rothschildi |
| Binomial name | |
| Anochetus rothschildi Forel, 1907
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Somalia (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rothschildi. Anochetus rothschildi Forel, 1907c: 129 (w.m.) SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
- Type-localities: Somalia: Daouculé region, 1905 (M. de Rothschild) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 792; no lectotype designated), Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Diré Daoua, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia (“S Ethiopia”): Haut Aouache, Eudessa, 1905 (M. de Rothschild).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 109; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 792; Menozzi, 1927f: 357; Brown, 1978c: 558, 600; Bolton, 1995b: 65; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 219.
- Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1907f. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26: 129-144 (page 129, worker, 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
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Forel A. 1907. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 26: 129-144.
- Menozzi C. 1927. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova. Parte I. Formiche raccolte dal Marchese Saverio Patrizi nella Somalia italiana ed in alcune località dell'Africa orientale inglese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 52: 356-362.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004