Vollenhovia piroskae

Distribution
The report of this species from New Guinea (Donisthorpe, 1948) needs confirmation.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea. Malagasy Region: Seychelles.

Nomenclature

 * . Vollenhovia piroskae'' Forel, 1912k: 162 (w.m.) SEYCHELLES IS (Silhouette I.).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
 * Type-locality: Seychelles: Silhouette I., Pointe Etienne, 17.ix.1908 (H. Scott).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 165; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1026; Donisthorpe, 1948b: 305; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 171; Ettershank, 1966: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Dorow, 1996a: 82.
 * Distribution: Seychelles.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus ngoko, taipingensis.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Donisthorpe H. 1948. A second instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)14: 297-317.
 * Dorow, Wolfgang H. O. 1995. Review and Bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Afr. Zool. 110:73-96
 * Dorow, Wolfgang H.O. 1996. Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles. Journal of African Zoology 110(2): 73-95.
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Forel A. 1912. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Volume 4. No. XI. Fourmis des Seychelles et des Aldabras, reçues de M. Hugh Scott. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. (2) 15: 159-167.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055