Anochetus testaceus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Lesser Antilles.

Puerto Rico
Wheeler (1908): Several colonies nesting under stones in the shade of trees along the dry arroyos on the higher part of the island (Monte Resaca). The number of individuals in a colony varies from about thirty to one hundred. The cocoons are long and slender like those of Leptogenys.

Nomenclature

 *  testaceus. Anochetus (Stenomyrmex) emarginatus r. testaceus Forel, 1893g: 356 (w.m.) ANTILLES. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952c: 646 (l.). Raised to species: Brown, 1978c: 559 (see also p. 610).

Additional References

 * Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 117-158.