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Genus: Ochetellus   Shattuck, 1992 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Extant: 7 valid species, 3 valid subspecies

Ochetellus Shattuck, 1992a PDF: 16. Type-species: Hypoclinea glabra, by original designation. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Genus Ochetellus references
Shattuck, 1992c PDF: 129 (diagnosis, review of genus); Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 131 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995b: 293 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 77 (Australia synopsis); Heterick, 2009 PDF: 58 (south-western Australia species key); Yoshimura & Fisher, 2011 PDF: 10 (Malagasy males); Cantone, 2017 PDF: 121 (brief male diagnosis)

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Ochetellus worker recruit to food. Ants in this subfamily often arrive in large numbers to resources, maintaining trails between their nest and persistent food source. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia.
Image © Alex Wild. // Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Mauritius, Reunion, South Africa
    Americas: United States
    Asia: Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka
    Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Nearctic, Oceania, Palearctic
  Native biogeographic regions (according to species list records):
    Australasia, Indomalaya, Oceania, Palearctic


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