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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Anochetus
›
Anochetus graeffei
Anochetus
graeffei
Mayr, 1870
valid
Anochetus graeffei
Mayr, 1870b
: 961 (w.) SAMOA. Oceania.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Brown, 1978c
: 586). Type-locality: Samoa: Upolu (
Gräffe
?). Type-depository:
NHMW
.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 3 paralectotype workers (perhaps more). Paratype-depository:
NHMW
.
Lectotype designation:
Brown, 1978c
: 586.
Mayr, 1876
: 86 (q.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b
: 1212 (l.);
Imai
et al.
, 1984
: 5 (k.)
Status as species:
Mayr, 1876
: 86;
Emery, 1884
: 378 (in key);
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 47;
Emery, 1911e
: 108;
Emery, 1914a
: 180;
Forel, 1915b
: 35;
Mann, 1919
: 300;
Mann, 1921
: 426;
Wheeler, 1924c
: 243;
Santschi, 1928a
: 44;
Wheeler, 1935g
: 15;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 40;
Wilson, 1959c
: 507;
Wilson & Taylor, 1967b
: 32;
Taylor, 1967b
: 1094;
Taylor, 1976a
: 80;
Brown, 1978c
: 556, 586;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 20;
Taylor, 1987a
: 7;
Radchenko, 1993a
: 77;
Dlussky, 1994a
: 53;
Bolton, 1995b
: 64;
Zhou, 2001a
: 30;
Wetterer, 2002
: 128;
Wetterer & Vargo, 2003
: 416;
Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005
: 12;
Clouse, 2007b
: 261;
Mohanraj
et al.
, 2010
: 6;
Zhou & Ran, 2010
: 103;
Pfeiffer
et al.
, 2011
: 55;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 58;
Sarnat & Economo, 2012
: 146;
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
: 11 (redescription);
Zettel, 2012
: 164;
Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013a
: 142 (in key);
Sarnat
et al.
, 2013
: 73;
Ramage, 2014
: 151;
Jaitrong
et al.
, 2016
: 40;
Chen
et al.
, 2019
: 52 (redescription);
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 101;
Khachonpisitsak
et al.
, 2020
: 138;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 115.
Senior synonym of
Anochetus amati
:
Wilson, 1959c
: 507;
Brown, 1978c
: 557;
Bolton, 1995b
: 64;
Zhou, 2001a
: 30;
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
: 11.
Senior synonym of
Anochetus minutus
:
Wilson, 1959c
: 507;
Brown, 1978c
: 557;
Bolton, 1995b
: 64;
Zhou, 2001a
: 30;
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
: 11.
Senior synonym of
Anochetus punctiventris oceanicus
:
Wilson, 1959c
: 507;
Wilson & Taylor, 1967b
: 32;
Brown, 1978c
: 557;
Taylor, 1987a
: 8;
Bolton, 1995b
: 64;
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
: 11;
Chen
et al.
, 2019
: 53.
Senior synonym of
Anochetus punctiventris
:
Wilson, 1959c
: 507;
Brown, 1978c
: 557;
Bolton, 1995b
: 64;
Zhou, 2001a
: 30;
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
: 11;
Chen
et al.
, 2019
: 52.
Senior synonym of
Anochetus rudis
:
Brown, 1978c
: 557, 586;
Bolton, 1995b
: 64;
Zhou, 2001a
: 30;
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
: 11;
Chen
et al.
, 2019
: 52.
Senior synonym of
Anochetus taylori
:
Brown, 1978c
: 557, 586;
Bolton, 1995b
: 64;
Zhou, 2001a
: 30;
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
: 11.
Junior synonyms
Anochetus amati
Karavaiev, 1925
Anochetus minutus
Karavaiev, 1925
Anochetus punctiventris
Mayr, 1879
Anochetus punctiventris oceanicus
Emery, 1897
Anochetus rudis
Emery, 1889
Anochetus taylori
Forel, 1900
Obsolete combination(s):
Anochetus punctiventris taylori
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