Anochetus cato

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands.

Nomenclature

 * . Anochetus cato Forel, 1901b: 6 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea: New Britain I.).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain I., Lowon, nr Ralum (F. Dahl).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Status as species: Dahl, 1901: 12; Mann, 1919: 301; Emery, 1911d: 108; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 15; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 39; Wilson, 1959a: 504; Brown, 1978c: 556, 585; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 73.
 * Senior synonym of rossi Donisthorpe, 1947d: Wilson, 1959a: 504; Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 64.
 * Senior synonym of subfasciatus: Wilson, 1959a: 504; Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 64.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea (+ Bismarck Archipelago), Solomon Is.
 * rossi. Anochetus rossi Donisthorpe, 1947d: 186 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: 14 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, viii.1944 (E.S. Ross).
 * Type-depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC.
 * Combination in Odontomachus: Donisthorpe, 1950a: 338.
 * Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1950a: 338; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 45.
 * Junior synonym of cato: Wilson, 1959a: 504; Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 65.
 * subfasciatus. Anochetus cato var. subfasciatus Mann, 1919: 301 (w.q.m.) SOLOMON IS (Three Sisters Is, San Cristoval I., Ugi I., Malaita I., Florida I., Isabel I.).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: Solomon Is: Three Sisters Is, Malapaina I. (W.M. Mann).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Subspecies of cato: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 15.
 * Junior synonym of cato: Wilson, 1959a: 504; Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 65.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * 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.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * 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
 * Donisthorpe H. 1938. New species and varieties of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)1: 593-599.
 * Donisthorpe H. 1947. Some new ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)14: 183-197.
 * Donisthorpe H. 1950. An eighth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)3: 338-341.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
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 * Jones T. H., R. C. Flournoy, J. A. Torres, R. R. Snelling, T. F. Spande, and H. M. Garraffo. 1999. 3-Methyl-4-phenylpyrrole from the Ants Anochetus kempfi and Anochetus mayri. J. Nat. Prod. 62: 1343-1345.
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 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
 * Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
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 * Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144