Anochetus agilis

Brown, WL Jr.,, 1978, Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography., Studia Entomologica 20, pp. 549-638 : 578

publication ID

6757

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6284100

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Anochetus agilis
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[6] Anochetus agilis View in CoL   HNS

A. agilis   HNS is represented in collections by Emery’s type (MCSN-Genoa), a worker from "Banguey, Borneo". Unfortunately, this example has a shriveled petiolar node, so that the original shape is unknown. A worker specimen taken inland from Batulitjin, Kalimantan Selatan (SE Borneo) in rain forest (W. L. Brown) is larger (TL 11.5, HL 2.37, HW 1.76, ML 1.58, WL 3.60, scape L 2.56, eye L 0.46 mm; Cl 74, MI 67) than the type, and has a blunt petiolar node of a particular form (fig. 41). Forel assigned to A. agilis   HNS 2 workers from Sarawak (Haviland); one of these is portrayed in fig. 51. These examples are smaller than Emery’s type: HL 1.64, HW 1.32, ML 1.32, eye L 0.32 mm; Cl 80, MI 80; and have shorter, pointed petiolar nodes.

All 3 of these samples, whether they collectively represent one, two or three different species, are attenuated versions of A. risii   HNS that recall in a general way the emarginatus   HNS group of tropical America, and A. faurei   HNS of southern Africa. The eyes are very large, and the head behind the eyes is narrowed.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Anochetus

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