Anochetus rugosus

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 : 575-576

[2] Anochetus rugosus Brown (1964)

showed that Anochetus jacobsoni Menozzi (preoccupied by A. jacobsoni Forel = princeps ) is a subjective synonym of A. rugosus F. Smith . Donisthorpe already had needlessly proposed a new name, A. menozzii , for the homonym, and Baroni Urbani did it again in 1971 when he published the replacement name A. ineditus . The summary synonym of this distinctive species is thus: Anochetus rugosus (F. Smith) 1857 (not 1858)

= A. beccarii Emery 1884 = A. jacobsoni Menozzi 1939 , not Forel 1911 = A. menozzii Donisthorpe 1941 = A. ineditus Baroni Urbani 1971 .

I took this species in lowland rain forest about 21 km west of Batulitjin, southeastern Kalimantan (Borneo). The nest was a small one, consisting of a dealate queen, 5 or 6 workers, and meager brood under the loose bark of a tall rotten stump from which were growing mosses, liverworts and other small plants.