Anochetus rufus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus rufus Jerdon, 1851: 116 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu, Kerala).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: India: Southern India, Salem Distr. (= Tamil Nadu), under stones in jungle (T.C. Jerdon) (by restriction of Brown, 1978c: 593); other syntype 1 worker Southern India, Wynaad (= Kerala) (T.C. Jerdon).
 * Type-depository: no material is known to exist.
 * [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 100.]
 * Combination in Anochetus: Emery, 1892d: 561.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 27; Roger, 1863b: 21; Mayr, 1863: 437; Dalla Torre, 1893: 48; Emery, 1911d: 109; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 41; Brown, 1978c: 558, 593; Bolton, 1995b: 65; Tiwari, 1999: 21; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013a: 141 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 48.
 * Senior synonym of mordax: Brown, 1978c: 558; Bolton, 1995b: 65.
 * Distribution: India.
 * mordax. Anochetus mordax Donisthorpe, 1942d: 452 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
 * Type-material: 11 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: India: Tinnevelly Distr., Dohnavur, ix.-x.1938 (Colombo Mus. Expd. to Southern India).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 40; Tiwari, 1999: 20 (error).
 * Junior synonym of rufus: Brown, 1978c: 558; Bolton, 1995b: 65.

Description
Worker

Jerdon (1851): Head bulging at the sides, narrowed in front; eyes of moderato size; anterior antennae rather long, slender; jaws closely approached at their base, long, linear, with three strong pointed teeth at the end; thorax narrow; abdominal pedicle raised, pointed and conic; abdomen long, oval; head, thorax and legs rufous; abdomen dark brown.

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.
 * Donisthorpe H. 1942. Ants from the Colombo Museum Expedition to Southern India, September-October 1938. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)9: 449-461.