Brachyponera luteipes

Identification
See Brachyponera nakasujii for details about closely related species and the Caste section below for images that can help with determinations.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Zealand. Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia (Federated States of), Palau, Philippines. Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nicobar Island, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: China, Japan.

Japan (Nansei Is).

Nomenclature

 *  luteipes. Ponera luteipes Mayr, 1862: 722 (w.q.) INDIA (Nicobar Is). Forel, 1900d: 326 (m.); Imai & Yosida, 1964: 64 (k.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976a: 47 (l.). Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Emery, 1900c: 315; Emery, 1911d: 84; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 56; in Brachyponera: Bingham, 1903: 101; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307; in Brachyponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 80. Current subspecies: nominal plus continentalis.