Anochetus rugosus

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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Singapore. Oriental Region: Thailand.

Nomenclature

 *  rugosus. Odontomachus rugosus Smith, F. 1857a: 65 (w.) SINGAPORE. Wheeler,G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976: 61 (l.). Combination in Anochetus: Emery, 1911d: 109. Senior synonym of beccarii: Brown, 1964d: 214; of ineditus, menozzii: Brown, 1978c: 558. See also: Brown, 1978c: 575.
 * beccarii. Anochetus beccarii Emery, 1884a: 379 (diagnosis in key) (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Junior synonym of rugosus: Brown, 1964d: 214.
 * jacobsoni. Anochetus jacobsoni Menozzi, 1939b: 178, fig. 3 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). [Junior primary homonym of jacobsoni Forel, above.] First replacement name: menozzii Donisthorpe, 1941k: 237. Second (unnecessary) replacement name: ineditus Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 360.
 * menozzii. Anochetus menozzii Donisthorpe, 1941k: 237. Replacement name for jacobsoni Menozzi, 1939b: 178. [Junior primary homonym of jacobsoni Forel, 1911b: 193.] Junior synonym of rugosus: Brown, 1978c: 558.

Odontomachus rugosus

The specimen labelled as type by Donisthorpe in is not type-material. Its pin bears two locality labels, one of which is “SAR” (= Sarawak), and the other “Gilolo” (= Halmahera). The type-locality given by Smith (1857a: 65) is Singapore. This is the only Smith coll. specimen of rugosus detected in or. Possibility that the labels have been switched at some date after 1857?