Myrmatopa

This is currently a subgenus of Polyrhachis. Please see Polyrhachis for further information.

Species Groups
Kohout (2008) - The subgenus Myrmatopa was divided by Emery (1925) into two species-groups (the wallacei-and schang-groups) and this arrangement was followed by Dorow (1995). However, I am further subdividing the wallacei-group and placing several of its constituent species into a new flavicornis-group. This group is characterised by the mesosomal dorsum being distinctly marginate along its entire length and by the black colour of the body (thus closely resembling some species of the subgenus Campomyrma). In contrast, the mesosoma of the redefined wallacei-group, is distinctly marginate only along the mesonotal and propodeal dorsa. The pronotal margins are completely lacking or evident only at the anterior pronotal angles and the colour of the body is yellowish-or light reddish-brown. The species of the schang species-group differ from members of the other two groups in having the lateral margins of the mesonotum distinctly raised dorsally and a completely immarginate pronotal dorsum.

flavicornis
Polyrhachis flavicornis species-group

schang
Polyrhachis schang species-group

wallacei
Polyrhachis wallacei species-group

Nomenclature

 *  MYRMATOPA [subgenus of Polyrhachis]
 * Myrmatopa Forel, 1915b: 107 [as subgenus of Polyrhachis]. Type-species: Polyrhachis schang, by original designation.
 * Myrmatopa senior synonym of Irenea: Bolton, 1994: 50; Dorow, 1995: 42.
 * IRENEA [junior synonym of Myrmatopa]
 * Irenea Donisthorpe, 1938e: 502 [as subgenus of Dolichoderus]. Type-species: Dolichoderus (Irenea) omyrmex, by original designation.
 * Irenea raised to genus: Donisthorpe, 1941h: 59.
 * Irenea junior synonym of Myrmatopa: Bolton, 1994: 50; Dorow, 1995: 42.