Notoncus spinisquamis

Identification

 * Scutcllum absent, the metanotal spiracles may be connected by a low ridge); humeri rounded, not projecting to any marked extent.
 * Large, slender species with long appendages, the antennal scapes much longer than (usually at least 1.2x) the length of the head proper, including clypeus.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  spinisquamis. Melophorus spinisquamis André, 1896b: 254 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1968: 205 (l.). Combination in Diodontolepis: Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53; in Notoncus: Brown, 1955d: 493.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Andersen A. N. 1986. Diversity, seasonality and community organization of ants at adjacents heath and woodland sites in South-Eastern Asutralia. Australian Journal of Zoolology 34: 53-64.
 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1955. A revision of the Australian ant genus Notoncus Emery, with notes on the other genera of Melophorini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 471-494.
 * Burwell C.J., and A. Nakamura. 2011. Distribution of ant speces along an altitudinal transect in continuous rainforest in subtropical Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum -Nature 55(2): 391-411.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * Lowery B. B., and R. J. Taylor. 1994. Occurrence of ant species in a range of sclerophyll forest communities at Old Chum Dam, north-eastern Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 21: 11-14.
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.