Acropyga acutiventris

This wide ranging species is known from India east to northern Australia and is one of the most commonly encountered species in the genus. Within Australia it is limited to the Top End and northern Queensland where it occurs primarily in rainforest with a few records from savanna woodlands. Nests are in soil normally under rocks or logs and in rotten wood on the ground. Queens are known to carry live mealbugs (in the genus Xenococcus) in their mandibles on their nuptual flights, the mealybugs providing honeydew for her newly established nest.

Identification
Within Australia this species can be separated from other members of the genus by the presence of long erect hairs on the antennal scapes and posterior margin of the head.

Distribution
This taxon was described from Sri Lanka. It is also known from Australia, Philippines, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Singapore and the Solomon Islands.

Nomenclature
Acropyga acutiventris type material

Syntype worker(s) and queen(s) from Sri Lanka.

Acropyga moluccana australis type material

Syntype workers from Mackay, Queensland (3 in (ANIC32-018704), 7 in ).

Additional References

 * LaPolla, J.S. (2004) Acropyga of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 33(3): 1-130.
 * Forel, A. (1902) Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 10: 405–548.
 * Forel, A. (1911) Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematischen-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, 11: 249–303.
 * Roger, J. (1862) Einige neue exotische Ameisen-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 6: 233–254.
 * Taylor, R. W., Brown, D. R. (1985) Formicoidea. pp. 1–149 in Walton, D. W. Zoological catalogue of Australia, vol. 2. Hymenoptera: Formicoidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. vi + 381 pp.
 * Taylor, R. W. (1992) Nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Guinean ants of the subfamily Formicinae. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 31: 57–69.