''Anochetus pattersoni'' is a

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of ant in the

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Ponerinae. It was discovered on 19 December 2005 by S.M. Goodman in the

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

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: 13

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* Ponerinae Insects described in 2008 {{Ponerinae-stub