Anochetus obscuratus Santschi
 Type
location Tanzania (first defined as Anochetus
madagascarensis var. obscurata, Santschi, 1911c: 351,
worker & queen; raised to species by Santschi, 1923e: 265);
junior synonyms schoutedeni and ustus (Santschi,
1923e: 264, worker; and : 265, worker; revised by Brown, 1978c:
558, illustrated) both from Zaïre; worker and queen
described (see Bolton, 1995)
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Santschi's (1911c) brief description is at
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His (1923e) fuller description is at
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His (1923e) full description of schoutedeni and of ustus
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Brown's (1978c) illustrated description is at
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Bernard (1952) recorded it (as schoutedeni) from Guinea;
3 workers, "Nimba, Lamotte"; 1 worker, N'Zo; 1 worker;
station T 91 Gouéla A 2; noting that the specimens were a
little more striated than the type, perhaps closer to the variety
ustus. The locations (at least N'Zo) were from the
eastern, drier, forest. |
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