Opisthopsis respiciens

Distribution
This taxon was described from New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  respiciens. Formica (Myrmecopsis) respiciens Smith, F. 1865: 68, pl. 4, fig. 3 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Forel, 1893d: 461 (q.). Combination in Myrmecopsis: Mayr, 1876: 76; in Opisthopsis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 219. Current subspecies: nominal plus moestus. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1918d: 347.

Type Material


Formica (Myrmecopsis) respiciens

Holotype worker in. Labelled “New Guinea” and with a Donisthorpe type-label.