Aphaenogaster perplexa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * wheeleri. Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) quadrispina subsp. wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1938b: 31 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of wheeleri Mann, above.] Replacement name: perplexa Smith, M.R. 1961b: 228.
 *  perplexa. Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) perplexus Smith, M.R. 1961b: 228. Replacement name for wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1938b: 31. [Junior primary homonym of wheeleri Mann, 1915: 51.]

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Donisthorpe H. 1938. Some ants of the subgenus Planimyrma Viehmeyer of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 74: 30-32.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Room P. M. 1975. Diversity and organization of the ground foraging ant faunas of forest, grassland and tree crops in Papua Nez Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 23: 71-89.
 * Room, P.M. 1975. Relative Distributions of Ant Species in Cocoa Plantations in Papua New Guinea Relative Distributions of Ant Species in Cocoa Plantations in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Applied Ecology 12(1):47-61
 * Smith M. R. 1961. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterologica 1: 213-238.