Vollenhovia oblonga

Key
Indian Vollenhovia
 * Mesosoma smooth and shiny, with a few delicate scattered punctures anteriorly; mandibles with 6 teeth; body length ≤ 2 mm . . . . . .Vollenhovia oblonga (subspecies laevithorax, larger size worker 3.75—4.0 mm)
 * Mesosoma punctured; mandibles with 7 teeth; body length ≥ 2.5 mm Vollenhovia gastropunctata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: Guam, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  oblonga. Myrmica oblonga Smith, F. 1860b: 107 (w.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 144 (q.). Combination in Vollenhovia: Emery, 1897d: 560. Senior synonym of poneroides: Emery, 1897d: 560; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463. Current subspecies: nominal plus alluaudi, bandarensis, dispar, laevithorax, pedestris, rufescens.
 * poneroides. Myrmica poneroides Smith, F. 1860b: 107 (q.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Combination in Vollenhovia: Mayr, 1886c: 361. Junior synonym of oblonga: Emery, 1897d: 560; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463.

Type Material


Myrmica oblonga

Two worker syntypes in. Labelled “Bac.” (= Batjan I.). One specimen has the gaster missing.

Myrmica poneroides

Three queen syntypes in (2 on one card, 1 on another), one queen syntype in. The singleton labelled “Batchian.” (= Batjan I.), the others labelled “Bac.” Both  cards also have old labels, “Myrmica poneroides.”