Tetramorium insolens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia. Indo-Australian Region: American Samoa, Borneo, Fiji, Indonesia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Tonga, Vanuatu. Malagasy Region: Réunion. Nearctic Region: United States. Neotropical Region: Mexico. Oriental Region: Thailand. Palaearctic Region: China, Hungary, Poland.

Nomenclature

 *  insolens. Myrmica insolens Smith, F. 1861b: 47 (q., not w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Bolton, 1977: 99 (w.); Imai, Kubota, et al. 1985: 47 (k.). Combination in Tetramorium: Emery, 1901g: 567; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468. Senior synonym of macra, pallidiventre, wilsoni: Bolton, 1977: 99. See also: Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2011: 22.
 * macra. Tetramorium guineense var. macra Emery, 1914f: 415 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Junior synonym of insolens: Bolton, 1977: 99.
 * wilsoni. Tetramorium pacificum var. wilsoni Mann, 1921: 460 (w.) FIJI IS. Raised to species: Taylor, 1967b: 1093. Junior synonym of insolens: Bolton, 1977: 99.
 * pallidiventre. Tetramorium melanogyna var. pallidiventre Wheeler, W.M. 1934a: 177 (w.) SOLOMON IS. Junior synonym of insolens: Bolton, 1977: 99.

Myrmica insolens

Holotype queen (not worker) in. Labelled “Men.” (= Menado, Sulawesi). The original description begins “Worker,” but this is a misprint as Smith mentions the presence of black ocelli.