Ochetellus vinsoni

This species was described from Mauritius and has not been seen since this original material was collected. It is unlikely to be native to this island and was probably introduced through human activity, but there is no indication where it might have originated or how it was transported to Mauritius.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Mauritius.

Nomenclature

 *  vinsoni. Iridomyrmex vinsoni Donisthorpe, 1946c: 781 (w.) MAURITIUS. Combination in Ochetellus: Shattuck, 1992a: 17.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Donisthorpe H. 1946. New species of ants (Hym. Formicidae) from the Island of Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)12: 776-782.
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1946. New Species of Ants (Hym., Formicidae) from the Island of Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of National History. 12:776-782.
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1946. The Ants (Hym. Formicidae) of Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of National History. Ser. 11. 13:25-35.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 2005. A new species of Discothyrea Roger from Mauritius and a new species of Proceratium Roger from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)56: 657-667.
 * Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.