Pseudoneoponera piliventris

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  piliventris. Pachycondyla piliventris Smith, F. 1858b: 107 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971c: 389 (l.). Combination in Bothroponera: Mayr, 1876: 87; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 22; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308. Current subspecies: nominal plus intermedia, regularis.

Type Material


Two worker syntypes in. Labelled “N. Holl. Ent. Club 44-12.” Acc. Reg.: “1844 no. 12. Presented by the Entomological Club.” Smith gives “Australia (Adelaide)” as the type-locality.

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)