Anochetus bispinosus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname.

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus bispinosus Smith, F. 1858b: 199 (w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Ega (= Tefé), 58/6 (Bates).
 * Type-depository: NHMB or NHRS.
 * [Note: in the original description Smith mentions that the ant was accompanied by a beetle (“a species of Cylistes”) but at some time in the past the card on which they were both mounted has been divided, and the beetle removed.]
 * Combination in Stenomyrmex: Mayr, 1886c: 361;
 * combination in Anochetus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 47.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 32; Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863: 436; Dalla Torre, 1893: 47; Emery, 1894c: 186 (in key); Forel, 1895b: 117; Emery, 1911d: 110; Mann, 1916: 417 (redescription); Borgmeier, 1923: 76; Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 3; Kempf, 1960e: 391; Kempf, 1972a: 20; Brown, 1976a: 103; Brown, 1978c: 556, 612; Brandão, 1991: 325; Bolton, 1995b: 63; Zabala, 2008: 128; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 515.
 * Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Trinidad, Venezuela.

Odontomachus bispinosus

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Ega” and “58/6.” Acc. Reg.: “1858 no. 6 Amazon (Ega on the Riv.) purchased of Stevens.”

In the original description Smith mentions that the ant was accompanied by a beetle (“a species of Cylistes”) but at some time in the past the card on which they were both mounted has been divided, and the beetle removed.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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