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Anochetus Boltoni
''Anochetus boltoni'' is a species of ant in the genus ''Anochetus''. It was discovered in 2003 by Brian Fisher (biologist), B. L. Fisher in Madagascar and described by Fisher, B. L. & Smith, M. A. in 2008.Fisher, B. L. & Smith, M. A., 2008, A revision of Malagasy species of ''Anochetus'' Mayr and ''Odontomachus'' Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., PlosOne (3), pp. 1-23: 4-6 References External links

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Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several examples, but explicitly designated as the holotype. Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), a holotype is one of several kinds of name-bearing types. In the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and ICZN, the definitions of types are similar in intent but not identical in terminology or underlying concept. For example, the holotype for the butterfly '' Plebejus idas longinus'' is a preserved specimen of that subspecies, held by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. In botany, an isotype is a duplicate of the holotype, where holotype and isotypes are often pieces from the same individual plant or samples from the same gathering. A holotype is not necessarily "typ ...
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Brian Fisher (biologist)
Brian L. Fisher (born 1964/65) is a field biologist who works on the systematics of arthropods, with a particular focus on ants. He has discovered over 1000 species, including 900 species of ants in Madagascar. He mainly conducts field work in Madagascar and Africa. Career After working with the Smithsonian Institution in Panama Fisher did a PhD on ant systematics at UC Davis. He is the curator and chairman of the entomology department of the California Academy of Sciences. Fisher is also the present executive director of the Bibikely Biodiversity Institute and the Madagascar Biodiversity Center. He is known for naming ''Proceratium google ''Proceratium google'', also known as the Google ant, was discovered in Madagascar by Brian L. Fisher, Associate Curator of Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences. The ant has an oddly shaped abdomen, adapted for hunting its exclusive ...'' after Google Inc.Fisher, B. L. 2005. A new species of ''Discothyrea'' Roger from Maur ...
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Anochetus
''Anochetus'' is a genus of small, carnivorous ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world. This genus is present in both the Old and New World and is certainly native to all continents except Antarctica and Europe. In Europe only a single species, ''Anochetus ghilianii'', has been found, and it is not certain it is native to its European range (Province of Cadiz and Gibraltar). However ''A. ghilianii'' is native to Morocco. ''Anochetus'' is of some note due to it being one of the relatively few genera that possess ''trap-jaws'', or specialized long mandibles that have a rapid closing mechanism. However, it is the only other genus, other than ''Odontomachus'' that uses the mandibles for predator evasion as well as prey capture. Species *''Anochetus africanus'' (Mayr, 1865) *''Anochetus agilis'' Emery, 1901 *''Anochetus alae'' Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012 *''Anochetus altisquamis'' Mayr, 1887 *†''Anochetus ambiguus'' De Andrade, 1994 *''Anochetus angolensis'' B ...
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Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ...
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Ponerinae
Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including ''Dinoponera gigantea'' - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replaced the queen as the functional egg-layers in several species of ponerine ants. In such queenless species, the reproductive status of workers can only be determined through ovarian dissections. Description and identification They are most easily identified from other subfamilies by possessing a single-node petiole with a constriction before the second gastral segment. They are rare examples of stinging ants. In addition to the sting, they can also be characterized by a single segmented petiole and the constriction of the first and second segment of the gaster. They can also be identified by the shape of their head. Female workers have twelve segmented antennae, whereas male workers have 13 segmented antennae. Behavior These ants typically nest in soil, for ...
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