Anochetus variegatus Donisthorpe, 1959

Wilson EO, 1959, Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini., Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120, pp. 483-510 : 509

Anochetus variegatus Donisthorpe , n. status

Anochetus cato var. variegatus Donisthorpe , 1938, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (11)1:597, worker. Type locality: Mt. Nomo, south of Mt. Bougainville , Neth. New Guinea. (Syntype examined-MCZ.)

Material examined. NETH. NEW GUINEA : Mt. Nomo (syntype ). N-E. NEW GUINEA: Didiman Creek, Lae (Wilson, no. 711).

Taxonomic note. The Lae specimens differ from the MCZ syntype in having cephalic striae limited to the area between the frontal carinae; in the type, striae extend laterally beyond the carinae to a point midway between the carinae and the compound eyes, and posteriorly to within 0.20 mm of the anteriormost point of the occipital border. The Lae specimens also have somewhat more acute petiolar spines.

Ecological notes. At Lae, two workers were found during early evening foraging on the lower part of a tree trunk at the edge of rain forest.