Anochetus madagascarensis Forel 1887

Inner Seychelles: Mahé. Endemic to the Malagasy Subregion. Recorded from the Comoros (Grande Comore, Anjouan) and Madagascar.

Anochetus africanus var. madagascarensis Forel, 1887 PDF: 382 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy. Primary type information: Madagascar, Tamatave Province, Ivondro, coll. Dr. Conrad Keller; CASENT0101574; MHNG AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Lectotype designation: Fisher & Smith, 2008 10.1371/journal.pone.0001787 PDF: 12.[Misspelled as madagascariensis by Forel, 1891c PDF: 107, and others.].Fisher & Smith, 2008 10.1371/journal.pone.0001787 PDF: 12 (q.m.).Subspecies of Anochetus africanus: Forel, 1891c PDF: 107; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 47; Mayr, 1897 PDF: 426 (footnote); Forel, 1904c PDF: 369; Forel, 1907i PDF: 75; Emery, 1911e PDF: 108; Wheeler, 1922: 1012.Status as species: Brown, 1978c PDF: 557, 602; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Dorow, 1996a PDF: 75; Fisher & Smith, 2008 10.1371/journal.pone.0001787 PDF: 12 (redescription); Vankerkhoven et al., 2010 PDF: 216 (in copal).Senior synonym of Anochetus africanus friederichsi: Brown, 1978c PDF: 557; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Fisher & Smith, 2008 10.1371/journal.pone.0001787 PDF: 12.

Anochetus madagascarensis é uma espécie de formiga do gênero Anochetus, pertencente à subfamília Ponerinae.