Paratopula andamanensis

This species is only known from the male caste and is limited to the Andaman Islands, India.

Identification Keys including this Taxon

 * Key to Paratopula species

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 * . Sima andamanensis Forel, 1903d: 403 (m.) INDIA (Andaman Is).
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: India: Andaman Is., Petite Andaman, Bumila Creek (Bingham?).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Sima (Sima): Emery, 1921f: 23;
 * combination in Tetraponera (Tetraponera): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 78;
 * combination in Paratopula: Bolton, 1988b: 134.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1921f: 23; Bolton, 1988b: 134 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 312; Mohanraj, et al. 2010: 7; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 41.
 * Distribution: India (Andaman Is)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1988. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 124: 125-143
 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Forel A. 1903. Les fourmis des îles Andamans et Nicobares. Rapports de cette faune avec ses voisines. Rev. Suisse Zool. 11: 399-411.
 * Mohanraj P., M. Ali, and K. Veerakumari. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10: Article 172
 * Mohanraj, P., M. Ali and K. Veenakumari. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay Of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10:172.