Bothroponera rubiginosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera rubiginosa Emery, 1889b: 498 (w.) MYANMAR.
 * Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 5 (q.); Imai, et al. 1984: 5 (k.).
 * Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
 * combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309;
 * combination in Bothroponera: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 36; Emery, 1895k: 459; Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 5; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 50; Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 36; Emery, 1895k: 459; Forel, 1899d: 326; Bingham, 1903: 99; Emery, 1911d: 77; Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 5; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 59; Mukerjee, 1934: 3; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 50, 72 (combinations in Bothroponera, Ponera, respectively); Bolton, 1995b: 309; Tiwari, 1999: 27; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 108; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 61; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 48.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Dias R. K. S., K. R. K. A. Kosgamage, and H. A. W. S. Peiris. 2012. The Taxonomy and Conservation Status of Ants (Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae) in Sri Lanka. In: The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Weerakoon, D.K. & S. Wijesundara Eds., Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka. p11-19.
 * Dias R. K. S., and K. R. K. Anuradha Kosgamage. 2012. Occurrence and species diversity of ground-dwelling worker ants (Family: Formicidae) in selected lands in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. J. Sci. Univ. Kelaniya 7: 55-72.
 * Imai H. T., C. Baroni Urbani, M. Kubota, G. P. Sharma, M. H. Narasimhanna, B. C. Das, A. K. Sharma, A. Sharma, G. B. Deodikar, V. G. Vaidya, and M. R. Rajasekarasetty. 1984. Karyological survey of Indian ants. Japanese Journal of Genetics 59: 1-32.
 * Tiwari, R.N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96