Anochetus gladiator

Brown, WL Jr.,, 1978, Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography., Studia Entomologica 20, pp. 549-638 : 563

Group of gladiator : Large or medium-sized forms. Mandibles each with a single, serially dentate inner margin; mesonotal disc with a sharply raised anterior rim; petiole produced as a spine or tooth, Male certainly associated with workers is unknown, but filicornis is tentatively assigned here. The species gladiator and variegatus fit here. Celebes, Moluccas, W. New Guinea.