This species of Anochetus is polygynous and do not produce male or drones. I kept it for over five years, collecting hundreds of alates (spawns) from this colony. All the alates are female. This is the first species that I have collected that is polygynous and do not produce males or drones.
From the alates I raise over a hundred colonies until there are enough workers after which I released and distributed them over several locations around the town where I am currently living. I am no longer living in Kuala Lumpur. I moved towards the end of 2022 CE back to my home town where the cost of living is significantly lower.
Aside from the colonies I raised (until there are over a dozen workers) then released them into the wild (all over the outskirts of the town).
Alates, ("dealated": wings dropped) queens, and workers
Alates, ("dealated": wings dropped) queens, and workers
Alates, ("dealated": wings dropped) and queens
Alates, ("dealated": wings dropped) and queens
Anochetus worker. The worker is around 5mm
which is the most common Anochetus workers size of
the majority of this genus. Larger (length wise) species
are only found in forest.
Anochetus worker
Anochetus workers
Anochetus worker
Anochetus worker
Anochetus worker
Anochetus worker
Anochetus worker
Anochetus worker
The colony some six months after I collected it.
There are already two queens.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Genus: Anochetus
Last Updated: 2025 12 07
First Posted: 2025 11 27
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First Posted: 2025 11 27
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