Mesoponera papuana

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

Nomenclature

 * . Euponera (Mesoponera) papuana Viehmeyer, 1914d: 608 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“Deutsch Neuguinea”): Wareo (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308;
 * combination in Mesoponera: Wilson, 1958d: 350; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 111.
 * Subspecies of melanaria: Viehmeyer, 1924a: 228.
 * Status as species: Mann, 1919: 290 (redescription); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 64; Wilson, 1958d: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 308; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 73.
 * Senior synonym of pulchella: Wilson, 1958d: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
 * Senior synonym of viehmeyeri: Wilson, 1958d: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.
 * pulchella. Euponera (Mesoponera) pulchella Donisthorpe, 1941c: 133 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Cyclops Mts, Mt Lina, 3500 ft, iii.1936, in rotten wood (L.E. Cheesman).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 64.
 * Junior synonym of papuana: Wilson, 1958d: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
 * viehmeyeri. Euponera (Mesoponera) viehmeyeri Donisthorpe, 1948g: 132 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, 22.vi.1944, and viii.1944 (E.S. Ross).
 * Type-depository: CASC.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 65.
 * Junior synonym of papuana: Wilson, 1958d: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 311.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Donisthorpe H. 1941. Descriptions of new species of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)7: 129-144.
 * Donisthorpe H. 1948. A fourth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)1: 131-143.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Mann W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391.
 * Mann William. 1916. The Ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 63(7): 273-391
 * Mann, W.M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College 63: 273-391
 * Snelling R. R. 1998. Insect Part 1: The social Hymenoptera. In Mack A. L. (Ed.) A Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea, RAP 9. 189 ppages
 * Viehmeyer H. 1914. Mayr's Gattung Ischnomyrmex (Hym.) nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten aus anderen Gattungen. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 37: 601-612.
 * Wilson E. O. 1958. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371.
 * Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144