Anochetus gladiator

Identification
Key to the Anochetus Species of Asia, Melanesia and the Pacific Region

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia, Sulawesi.

Nomenclature

 * tyrannicus. Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44, pl. 1, fig. 4 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). [Junior primary homonym of Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1859a: 144.] Combination in Anochetus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 48. Senior synonym of Anochetus gladiator: Dalla Torre, 1893: 48; hence gladiator first available replacement name. See also: Brown, 1978c: 574.
 *  gladiator. Stenomyrmex gladiator Mayr, 1862: 712 (w.) INDONESIA (Misool I.). Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976a: 62 (l.). Combination in Anochetus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 48. Junior synonym of Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44 (Dalla Torre, 1893: 48), hence first available replacement name for Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44 [junior primary homonym of Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1859a: 144]: Brown, 1978c: 556. Senior synonym of smithii, gladiator Donisthorpe (unnecessary secondary replacement names): Brown, 1978c: 556. See also Brown, 1978c: 574).
 * smithii. Odontomachus smithii Roger, 1863b: 21. Combination in Anochetus: Forel, 1911e: 250. [Unnecessary replacement name for tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44.] Junior synonym of gladiator: Brown, 1978c: 556.
 * gladiator. Odontomachus gladiator Donisthorpe, 1932c: 467. Unnecessary replacement name for Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44 and hence junior synonym of gladiator Mayr, 1862: 712, the first available replacement name: Brown, 1978c: 556.

Odontomachus tyrannicus

Two syntype workers in. Both specimens have been equipped with a blue “syntype” disc. The labels on the two are slightly different, but there is no way of proving if one is not an original syntype.
 * Worker 1, labelled “Celebes”; written under the stage-card is, “Celebes. Taken by Wallace n. sp.”
 * Worker 2, labelled “Celebes, Manado. 60/76.” Acc. Reg. “1860 no. 76 (Sept. 13) Celebes (Manado). Purchased of Stevens. Collected by A. Wallace.”