Pseudoneoponera tridentata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Philippines.

Nomenclature

 *  tridentata. Pachycondyla tridentata Smith, F. 1858b: 106 (w.) BORNEO. Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 142 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976a: 45; Imai, Brown, et al. 1984: 67 (k.). Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1900d: 667; in Bothroponera: Mayr, 1872: 149; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 55; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 311. Current subspecies: nominal plus debilior, exasperans.

Ponera tridentata

Two worker syntypes in, one worker syntype in. Of the specimens, one has two data discs, “SAR.” and “Borneo. 57/36.” Acc. Reg.: “1857 no. 36 (May 2) Borneo. Purchased of Stevens.” The second is labelled as “P. tridentata Sm. type” and has a note in Donisthorpe’s handwriting, “Borneo. Sarawak.”

The syntype, labelled only “SAR.” has been remounted in the past by cutting short the large pin through the thorax, and driving it through a piece of card. In the specimens the original pin is the only one present.

Additional References

 * Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa. 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1)