''Anochetus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of small, carnivorous
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...
s found in the
tropics
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
and
subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from to approximately 35° north and ...
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
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Anochetus africanus
''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 o ...
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(Mayr, 1865)
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Anochetus agilis
''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 o ...
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Emery, 1901
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Anochetus alae
''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 o ...
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Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
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Anochetus altisquamis''
Mayr, 1887
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Anochetus ambiguus
''Anochetus ambiguus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from two possibly Miocene fossils found on Hispaniola. ''A. ambiguus'' is one of eight species in the ant genus '' Anochetus'' to have been described from fossil ...
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De Andrade, 1994
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Anochetus angolensis''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus armstrongi''
McAreavey, 1949
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Anochetus avius''
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
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Anochetus bequaerti
''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 o ...
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Forel, 1913
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Anochetus bispinosus
''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 o ...
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(Smith, 1858)
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Anochetus boltoni''
Fisher & Smith, 2008
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Anochetus brevidentatus
''Anochetus brevidentatus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from two possibly Miocene fossils found on Hispaniola. ''A. ambiguus'' is one of eight species in the ant genus '' Anochetus'' to have been described from f ...
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MacKay, 1991
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Anochetus brevis''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus bytinskii
''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 o ...
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Kugler & Ionescu, 2007
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Anochetus cato
''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 o ...
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Forel, 1901
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Anochetus chirichinii
''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 o ...
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Emery, 1897
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Anochetus chocoensis
''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 o ...
''
Fernández, 2008
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Anochetus conisquamis
''Anochetus conisquamis'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from one possibly Miocene fossil found on Hispaniola. ''A. conisquamis'' is one of eight species in the ant genus ''Anochetus'' to have been described from fo ...
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De Andrade, 1994
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Anochetus consultans
''Anochetus consultans'' is a species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae. It can be found from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit ...
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(Walker, 1859)
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Anochetus corayi
''Anochetus corayi'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from one possibly Miocene fossil found on Hispaniola. ''A. corayi'' is one of eight species in the ant genus ''Anochetus'' to have been described from fossils foun ...
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Baroni Urbani, 1980
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Anochetus cryptus
''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 o ...
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Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
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Anochetus daedalus
''Anochetus daedalus'' is a species of trap-jaw ant in the subfamily 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 th ...
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Anochetus diegensis
''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 o ...
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Forel, 1912
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Anochetus dubius
''Anochetus dubius'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from two possibly Miocene fossils found on Hispaniola. ''A. dubius'' is one of eight species in the ant genus '' Anochetus'' to have been described from fossils fo ...
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De Andrade, 1994
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Anochetus elegans
''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 o ...
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Lattke, 1987
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Anochetus emarginatus
''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 o ...
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(Fabricius, 1804)
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Anochetus evansi''
Crawley, 1922
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Anochetus exstinctus
''Anochetus exstinctus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from two possibly Miocene fossils found on Hispaniola. ''A. exstinctus'' is one of eight species in the ant genus '' Anochetus'' to have been described from fo ...
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De Andrade, 1994
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Anochetus faurei''
Arnold, 1948
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Anochetus filicornis''
(Wheeler, 1929)
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Anochetus fricatus''
Wilson, 1959
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Anochetus fuliginosus''
Arnold, 1948
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Anochetus ghilianii''
(Spinola, 1851)
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Anochetus gladiator''
(Mayr, 1862)
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Anochetus goodmani''
Fisher & Smith, 2008
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Anochetus graeffei''
Mayr, 1870
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Anochetus grandidieri
''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 o ...
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Forel, 1891
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Anochetus haytianus
''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 o ...
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Wheeler & Mann, 1914
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Anochetus hohenbergiae''
Feitosa & Delabie, 2012
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Anochetus horridus''
Kempf, 1964
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Anochetus inca
''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 o ...
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Wheeler, 1925
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Anochetus incultus''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus ineditus''
Baroni Urbani, 1971
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Anochetus inermis''
André, 1889
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Anochetus intermedius
''Anochetus intermedius'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from two possibly Miocene fossils found on Hispaniola. ''A. intermedius'' is one of eight species in the ant genus '' Anochetus'' to have been described from ...
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De Andrade, 1994
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Anochetus isolatus
''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 o ...
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Mann, 1919
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Anochetus jonesi''
Arnold, 1926
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Anochetus kanariensis''
Forel, 1900
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Anochetus katonae''
Forel, 1907
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Anochetus kempfi''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus levaillanti''
Emery, 1895
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Anochetus leyticus''
Zettel, 2012
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Anochetus longifossatus''
Mayr, 1897
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Anochetus longispinus
''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 o ...
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Wheeler, 1936
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Anochetus lucidus
''Anochetus lucidus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from two possibly Miocene fossils found on Hispaniola. ''A. lucidus'' is one of eight species in the ant genus '' Anochetus'' to have been described from fossils ...
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De Andrade, 1994
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Anochetus madagascarensis''
Forel, 1887
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Anochetus madaraszi
''Anochetus madaraszi'' is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae, which can be found in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the ei ...
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Mayr, 1897
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Anochetus maryatiae''
Nuril Aida & Idris, 2011
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Anochetus maynei''
Forel, 1913
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Anochetus mayri''
Emery, 1884
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Anochetus menozzii
''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 o ...
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Donisthorpe, 1941
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Anochetus micans''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus minans''
Mann, 1922
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Anochetus miserabilis''
González-Campero & Elizalde, 2008
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Anochetus mixtus''
Radchenko, 1993
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Anochetus modicus''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus muzziolii''
Menozzi, 1932
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Anochetus myops''
Emery, 1893
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Anochetus natalensis''
Arnold, 1926
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Anochetus neglectus
''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 o ...
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Emery, 1894
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Anochetus nietneri
''Anochetus nietneri'' is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae, which can be found from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, transli ...
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(Roger, 1861)
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Anochetus obscuratus''
Santschi, 1911
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Anochetus obscurior''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus orchidicola''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus oriens''
Kempf, 1964
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Anochetus orientalis''
André, 1887
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Anochetus pangantihoni''
Zettel, 2012
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Anochetus pangens''
(Walker, 1859)
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Anochetus paripungens''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus pattersoni''
Fisher & Smith, 2008
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Anochetus pellucidus''
o authors 1902
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Anochetus peracer''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus princeps''
Emery, 1884
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Anochetus pubescens''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus punctaticeps''
Mayr, 1901
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Anochetus pupulatus''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus rectangularis
''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 o ...
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Mayr, 1876
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Anochetus renatae''
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
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Anochetus risii''
Forel, 1900
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Anochetus rossi''
Donisthorpe, 1949
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Anochetus rothschildi''
Forel, 1907
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Anochetus rufolatus
''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 o ...
''
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
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Anochetus rufostenus
''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 o ...
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Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
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Anochetus rufus''
(Jerdon, 1851)
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Anochetus ruginotus''
Stitz, 1925
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Anochetus rugosus''
(Smith, 1857)
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Anochetus schoedli
''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 o ...
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Zettel, 2012
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Anochetus sedilloti
''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 o ...
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Emery, 1884
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Anochetus seminiger''
Donisthorpe, 1943
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Anochetus shohki''
Terayama, 1996
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Anochetus simoni''
Emery, 1890
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Anochetus siphneus
''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 o ...
''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus splendidulus''
Yasumatsu, 1940
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Anochetus striatulus''
Emery, 1890
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Anochetus strigatellus''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus subcoecus''
Forel, 1912
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Anochetus taiwaniensis''
Terayama, 1989
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Anochetus talpa''
Forel, 1901
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Anochetus targionii''
Emery, 1894
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Anochetus testaceus''
Forel, 1893
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Anochetus traegaordhi''
Mayr, 1904
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Anochetus tua''
Brown, 1978
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Anochetus turneri''
Forel, 1900
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Anochetus validus''
Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
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Anochetus vallensis''
Lattke, 1987
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Anochetus variegatus
''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 o ...
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Donisthorpe, 1938
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Anochetus veronicae''
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
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Anochetus vexator
''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 o ...
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Kempf, 1964
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Anochetus victoriae
''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 o ...
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Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
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Anochetus werneri''
Zettel, 2012
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Anochetus wiesiae''
Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012
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Anochetus yerburyi''
Forel, 1900
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Anochetus yunnanensis
''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 o ...
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Wang, 1993
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Ponerinae
Ant genera
Extant Burdigalian first appearances
Taxa named by Gustav Mayr