Anochetus gracilis, Karawajew, 1925

Radchenko, Alexander G., Fisher, Brian L., Esteves, Flavia A., Martynova, Ekateryna V., Bazhenova, Tatyana N. & Lasarenko, Svetlana N., 2023, Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae, Zootaxa 5244 (1), pp. 1-32 : 13

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scientific name	Anochetus gracilis
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Anochetus gracilis Karawajew 1925c: 286 , Fig. 9, w, q.

Current status: Anochetus gracilis (s/f Ponerinae ).

Junior synonym of Anochetus risii Forel, 1900b: 60 : Brown 1978: 558. Restored from synonymy: Chen et al., 2019: 70.

Type locality(-ies): “Buitenzorg, Botan. Garten, Nr. 2416, Nest in der Erde, ww, mehrere gefļgelte qq und Kokons (von geblicher Farbe 5,2 mm lang)”.

Original Karawajew labels: 2 w, “ Java, / Buitenzorg / Karavaiev, / 2416”, “ Anochetus / gracilis Kar. / Typus, 1923”, “ Syntypus ww Anochetus / gracilis Karaw. ”; 13 w on 7 pins with the same labels; 3 w, “ Java, / Buitenzorg”, “2416. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Anochetus / gracilis Kar. / Typus”, “ Syntypus ww / Anochetus / gracilis Karaw. ”; 2 w, “ Java, / Buitenzorg / Karavaiev, / 2416”, “ Anochetus / gracilis Kar. / Typus, 1923”; 6 w on 2 pins, “ Java, / Buitenzorg”, ”2416. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Syntypus ww / Anochetus / gracilis Karaw. ”; 1 q, 1 m, “ Java, / Buitenzorg / Karavaiev, / 2416”, “ Anochetus / gracilis Kar. / Typus, 1923”; “ Syntypus q m / Anochetus / gracilis Karaw. ”; 7 q on 3 pins, “ Java, / Buitenzorg”, “2416. Coll. / Karavaievi”; “ Syntypus / Anochetus / gracilis Karaw. ”; 1 q, “ Java, / Buitenzorg / Karavaiev, / 2416”, “ Anochetus / gracilis Kar. / Typus, 1923”; “ Syntypus q / Anochetus / gracilis Karaw. ”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 26 w ( CASENT 0916847), 9 q (Box 4).

Notes. There is also one male with the labels “ Java, / Buitenzorg, Karavaiev, / 2416”, “ Anochetus / gracilis Kar. / Typus, 1923”, “ Syntypus m / Anochetus / gracilis Karaw. ”, but it cannot formally belong to the type series, since A. gracilis was described only from workers and gynes.