Anochetus gladiator

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

Nomenclature

 * . Stenomyrmex gladiator Mayr, 1862: 712 (w.) INDONESIA (Misool I.).
 * Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Mysol (= Misool I.).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * [Also described as new by Mayr, 1863: 454 (footnote).]
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976a: 62 (l.).
 * Replacement name for Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44. [Junior primary homonym of Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1859a: 144.]
 * [Note: gladiator Mayr, 1862: 712, junior synonym of tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44 (synonymy by Dalla Torre, 1893: 48); hence gladiator Mayr, 1862: 712, is first available replacement name (Brown, 1978c: 574).]
 * Combination in Anochetus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 48.
 * Junior synonym of tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44: Dalla Torre, 1893: 48; Emery, 1911d: 110; Forel, 1911e: 250.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 454 (footnote); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1867a: 81 (redescription); Brown, 1978c: 556, 574; Bolton, 1995b: 64.
 * Senior synonym of smithii Roger, 1863b: 21 unnecessary (second) replacement name): Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 64.
 * Senior synonym of gladiator Smith, F. 1871a: 320 (unnecessary (third) replacement name): not previously recorded.
 * Senior synonym of gladiator Donisthorpe (unnecessary (fourth) replacement name): Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 64.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Misool, Sulawesi).
 * smithii. Odontomachus smithii Roger, 1863b: 21.
 * Unnecessary (second) replacement name for tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44.
 * Combination in Anochetus: Forel, 1911e: 250.
 * Junior synonym of tyrannicus: Forel, 1911e: 250.
 * Junior synonym of gladiator: Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 65.
 * gladiator. Odontomachus gladiator Smith, F. 1871a: 320.
 * Unnecessary (third) replacement name for Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44. [Junior primary homonym of Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1859a: 144.]
 * Junior synonym of gladiator Mayr, 1862: 712: not previously recorded.
 * gladiator. Odontomachus gladiator Donisthorpe, 1932c: 467.
 * Unnecessary (fourth) replacement name for Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44.
 * Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1943d: 446; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 42.
 * Junior synonym of gladiator Mayr, 1862: 712 (first available replacement name): Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 64.

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.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1943. The Ants of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (10): 433-475.
 * Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.