Paratopula macta

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia , Philippines. Oriental Region: Laos, Thailand.

Nomenclature

 * . Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988b: 140, fig. 2 (w.q.) BORNEO (Brunei; East Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak), PHILIPPINES (Luzon I., Negros I.).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
 * Type-locality: holotype Brunei: Ulu Temburong, 16-22.ii.1982, LP283MT (M.C. Day); paratype Malaysia: Sabah, Danum Valley, 10.xi.1986 (P. Eggleton).
 * Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); MCZC (paratype).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 312; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 31; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 48; Xu & Xu, 2011: 595 (in key); Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 38; Luo & Guénard, 2017: 10 (in key).
 * Distribution: Brunei, Laos, Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Philippines (Luzon, Negros), Thailand.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1988. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 124: 125-143
 * Jaitrong W., B. Guenard, E. P. Economo, N. Buddhakala, and S. Yamane. 2016. A checklist of known ant species of Laos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology 8: 1-32. DOI: 10.20362/am.008019
 * Jaitrong W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1): 9-54.
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Sheela S., 2008. First record of the rare ant Paratopula ceylonica Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Uttar Pradesh, India with a note to the genus. J. Exp. Zool. India 11(2): 423-425.
 * Xu Z. H., and G. L. Xu. 2011. A new species of the genus Paratopula Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Tibet. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36(3): 595-57.