Myopopone castanea

Distribution
Widespread species found in the Philippines, Indonesia (Borneo), New Guinea, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, Australia (northern Queensland), Malaysia, Solomon Islands

Habitat
Lives in rotten logs on the ground.

Abundance
Frequently collected in rotten logs.

Foraging/Diet
General predator on other insects found in old logs.

Taxonomy
(Bolton, 2011 Catalogue verson 3 January 2011)

castanea. Amblyopone castaneus Smith, F. 1860b: 105, pl. 1, fig. 6 (w.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Mayr, 1867a: 90 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 446 (l.). Combination in Myopopone: Roger, 1862c: 292. Senior synonym of rufula: Roger, 1862c: 292; of picea, rossi, similis, smithi, wollastoni: Wilson, 1958a: 144; of bakeri (and its junior synonym proxima), beccarii, bugnioni, maculata, moelleri, striatifrons: Brown, 1960a: 215.