Anochetus obscuratus Santschi
Type location Tanzania
(Anochetus madagascariensis For. var. obscurata nov.,
Santschi, 1911c: 351, worker & queen; raised to species by
Santschi, 1923e: 265) Kilimanjaro, Kibosho, Ch Alluaud - see below
junior synonyms
schoutedeni (Anochetus
Schoutedeni n. sp., Santschi, 1923e: 264, worker) from Zaïre,
Kasai, Dumbi, 5.x.1921, Dr Schouteden - see below
ustus (Anochetus
Schoutedeni Sants. v. ustus
n. var., Santschi, 1923e: 265, worker; revised by Brown,
1978c: 558, illustrated) from Zaïre, Kasai, Makumbi, 17.x.1921,
Dr Schouteden - no images on Antweb (September 2014)
worker and queen
described (see Bolton, 1995) .
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Santschi's (1911c) brief
description is at . His (1923e) fuller
description is at . His (1923e) full
description of schoutedeni
and of ustus is at . Brown's (1978c) illustrated description
is at .
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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