Anochetus obscuratus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania.

Nomenclature

 * . Anochetus madagascarensis var. obscurata Santschi, 1911c: 351 (w.q.) TANZANIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Kilimanjaro, Kiboscho (Ch. Alluaud).
 * Type-depository: MNHN.
 * Subspecies of africanus: Emery, 1911d: 108; Santschi, 1914b: 56; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 791.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1923e: 265; Brown, 1978c: 558, 602; Bolton, 1995b: 65; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 219.
 * Senior synonym of schoutedeni: Brown, 1978c: 558; Bolton, 1995b: 65.
 * Senior synonym of ustus: Brown, 1978c: 558; Bolton, 1995b: 65.
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania.
 * schoutedeni. Anochetus schoutedeni Santschi, 1923e: 264 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Kasai, Dumbi, 5.x.1921 (H. Schouteden).
 * Type-depository: MRAC.
 * Status as species: Bernard, 1953b: 212.
 * Junior synonym of obscuratus: Brown, 1978c: 558; Bolton, 1995b: 65.
 * ustus. Anochetus schoutedeni var. ustus Santschi, 1923e: 265 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Kasai, Makumbi, 17.x.1921 (H. Schouteden).
 * Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also in MRAC).
 * Junior synonym of obscuratus: Brown, 1978c: 558; Bolton, 1995b: 66.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
 * 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.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004