Odontoponera transversa

Distribution
This taxon was described from Singapore.

Nomenclature

 *  transversa. Ponera transversa Smith, F. 1857a: 68 (w.) SINGAPORE. Bingham, 1903: 73 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952c: 606 (l); Imai, Baroni Urbani, et al. 1984: 5 (k.). Combination in Odontoponera: Emery, 1893g: 262. Senior synonym of reticulata: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 474; of transversa: Yamane, 2009: 3. See also: Yamane, 2009: 4. Current subspecies: nominal plus biconcentrica, infuscata.
 * nitens. Odontoponera transversa subsp. nitens Creighton, 1929: 154 (w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of transversa: Yamane, 2009: 3.
 * reticulata. Ponera reticulata Smith, F. 1858b: 85 (m.) MYANMAR. Junior synonym of transversa: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 474.

Type Material


Ponera reticulata

Holotype male in. Labelled “Birmah. 57/16.” Acc. Reg.: “1857 no. 16. Birmah. Purchased from Stevens. Collected by Mrs Waring.” Also with a Donisthorpe det. label dated 30.vi i.1932, “Odontoponera transversa Smith, male.”

Ponera transversa

Four worker syntypes in. Labelled “SINC. 55/9.” Acc. Reg.: “1855 no. 9. Singapore (Malacca). Purchased of Stevens. Collected by Mr Alfred Wallace.” Two of the specimens also bear Farren White labels and old yellow “cotype” labels, and one has the det. “P. transversa Smith.” These four specimens are equipped with the blue syntype label.

A worker in, labelled “Sing. 5,” has been indicated as type by Donisthorpe. This does not appear to belong to the same series as the specimens and is provisionally excluded from the syntype series.

Additional References

 * Ghosh, S.N. & Sheela, S. 2008. On a collection of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) from Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India, with new records of one rare genus and a rare species. Asian Myrmecology, 2, 99-102.
 * Yamane, S. 2009. Odontoponera denticulata (F. Smith) (Formicidae: Ponerinae), a distinct species inhabiting disturbed areas. ARI 32, 1-8.