Paratopula demeta

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.

Nomenclature

 * . Paratopula demeta Bolton, 1988b: 139, fig. 3 (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, 4th Division, Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, 27.v.1978, limestone area, forest (H. Vallack).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 312; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 48; Xu & Xu, 2011: 595 (in key); Luo & Guénard, 2017: 10 (in key).
 * Distribution: Malaysia (Sarawak).

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
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Sheela S., 2008. First record of the rare ant Paratopula ceylonica Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Uttar Pradesh, India with a note to the genus. J. Exp. Zool. India 11(2): 423-425.