''Anochetus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of small, carnivorous

ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

s found in the

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and

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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'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus armstrongi'' McAreavey, 1949 *'' Anochetus avius'' Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012 *'' Anochetus bequaerti'' Forel, 1913 *'' Anochetus bispinosus'' (Smith, 1858) *'' Anochetus boltoni'' Fisher & Smith, 2008 *†'' Anochetus brevidentatus'' MacKay, 1991 *'' Anochetus brevis'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus bytinskii'' Kugler & Ionescu, 2007 *'' Anochetus cato'' Forel, 1901 *'' Anochetus chirichinii'' Emery, 1897 *'' Anochetus chocoensis'' Fernández, 2008 *†'' Anochetus conisquamis'' De Andrade, 1994 *'' Anochetus consultans'' (Walker, 1859) *†'' Anochetus corayi'' Baroni Urbani, 1980 *'' Anochetus cryptus'' Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013 *'' Anochetus daedalus'' *'' Anochetus diegensis'' Forel, 1912 *†'' Anochetus dubius'' De Andrade, 1994 *'' Anochetus elegans'' Lattke, 1987 *'' Anochetus emarginatus'' (Fabricius, 1804) *'' Anochetus evansi'' Crawley, 1922 *†'' Anochetus exstinctus'' De Andrade, 1994 *'' Anochetus faurei'' Arnold, 1948 *'' Anochetus filicornis'' (Wheeler, 1929) *'' Anochetus fricatus'' Wilson, 1959 *'' Anochetus fuliginosus'' Arnold, 1948 *'' Anochetus ghilianii'' (Spinola, 1851) *'' Anochetus gladiator'' (Mayr, 1862) *'' Anochetus goodmani'' Fisher & Smith, 2008 *'' Anochetus graeffei'' Mayr, 1870 *'' Anochetus grandidieri'' Forel, 1891 *'' Anochetus haytianus'' Wheeler & Mann, 1914 *'' Anochetus hohenbergiae'' Feitosa & Delabie, 2012 *'' Anochetus horridus'' Kempf, 1964 *'' Anochetus inca'' Wheeler, 1925 *'' Anochetus incultus'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus ineditus'' Baroni Urbani, 1971 *'' Anochetus inermis'' André, 1889 *†'' Anochetus intermedius'' De Andrade, 1994 *'' Anochetus isolatus'' Mann, 1919 *'' Anochetus jonesi'' Arnold, 1926 *'' Anochetus kanariensis'' Forel, 1900 *'' Anochetus katonae'' Forel, 1907 *'' Anochetus kempfi'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus levaillanti'' Emery, 1895 *'' Anochetus leyticus'' Zettel, 2012 *'' Anochetus longifossatus'' Mayr, 1897 *'' Anochetus longispinus'' Wheeler, 1936 *†'' Anochetus lucidus'' De Andrade, 1994 *'' Anochetus madagascarensis'' Forel, 1887 *'' Anochetus madaraszi'' Mayr, 1897 *'' Anochetus maryatiae'' Nuril Aida & Idris, 2011 *'' Anochetus maynei'' Forel, 1913 *'' Anochetus mayri'' Emery, 1884 *'' Anochetus menozzii'' Donisthorpe, 1941 *'' Anochetus micans'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus minans'' Mann, 1922 *'' Anochetus miserabilis'' González-Campero & Elizalde, 2008 *'' Anochetus mixtus'' Radchenko, 1993 *'' Anochetus modicus'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus muzziolii'' Menozzi, 1932 *'' Anochetus myops'' Emery, 1893 *'' Anochetus natalensis'' Arnold, 1926 *'' Anochetus neglectus'' Emery, 1894 *'' Anochetus nietneri'' (Roger, 1861) *'' Anochetus obscuratus'' Santschi, 1911 *'' Anochetus obscurior'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus orchidicola'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus oriens'' Kempf, 1964 *'' Anochetus orientalis'' André, 1887 *'' Anochetus pangantihoni'' Zettel, 2012 *'' Anochetus pangens'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Anochetus paripungens'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus pattersoni'' Fisher & Smith, 2008 *'' Anochetus pellucidus'' o authors 1902 *'' Anochetus peracer'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus princeps'' Emery, 1884 *'' Anochetus pubescens'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus punctaticeps'' Mayr, 1901 *'' Anochetus pupulatus'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus rectangularis'' Mayr, 1876 *'' Anochetus renatae'' Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012 *'' Anochetus risii'' Forel, 1900 *'' Anochetus rossi'' Donisthorpe, 1949 *'' Anochetus rothschildi'' Forel, 1907 *'' Anochetus rufolatus'' Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012 *'' Anochetus rufostenus'' Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012 *'' Anochetus rufus'' (Jerdon, 1851) *'' Anochetus ruginotus'' Stitz, 1925 *'' Anochetus rugosus'' (Smith, 1857) *'' Anochetus schoedli'' Zettel, 2012 *'' Anochetus sedilloti'' Emery, 1884 *'' Anochetus seminiger'' Donisthorpe, 1943 *'' Anochetus shohki'' Terayama, 1996 *'' Anochetus simoni'' Emery, 1890 *'' Anochetus siphneus'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus splendidulus'' Yasumatsu, 1940 *'' Anochetus striatulus'' Emery, 1890 *'' Anochetus strigatellus'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus subcoecus'' Forel, 1912 *'' Anochetus taiwaniensis'' Terayama, 1989 *'' Anochetus talpa'' Forel, 1901 *'' Anochetus targionii'' Emery, 1894 *'' Anochetus testaceus'' Forel, 1893 *'' Anochetus traegaordhi'' Mayr, 1904 *'' Anochetus tua'' Brown, 1978 *'' Anochetus turneri'' Forel, 1900 *'' Anochetus validus'' Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013 *'' Anochetus vallensis'' Lattke, 1987 *'' Anochetus variegatus'' Donisthorpe, 1938 *'' Anochetus veronicae'' Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012 *'' Anochetus vexator'' Kempf, 1964 *'' Anochetus victoriae'' Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012 *'' Anochetus werneri'' Zettel, 2012 *'' Anochetus wiesiae'' Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012 *'' Anochetus yerburyi'' Forel, 1900 *'' Anochetus yunnanensis'' Wang, 1993

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q136968 Ponerinae Ant genera Extant Burdigalian first appearances Taxa named by Gustav Mayr