Anochetus bispinosus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Brazil. It is also found in Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana and Costa Rica.

Nomenclature

 *  bispinosus. Odontomachus bispinosus Smith, F. 1858b: 199 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Stenomyrmex: Mayr, 1886c: 361; in Anochetus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 47. See also: Brown, 1976a: 103.

Odontomachus bispinosus

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Ega” and “58/6.” Acc. Reg.: “1858 no. 6 Amazon (Ega on the Riv.) purchased of Stevens.”

In the original description Smith mentions that the ant was accompanied by a beetle (“a species of Cylistes”) but at some time in the past the card on which they were both mounted has been divided, and the beetle removed.