Parvaponera darwinii

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia. It is also found in New Guinea, Israel, India, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mali, Japan and Malta.

Japan (Nansei Is (Okinawa I., Iriomote I.)).

Nomenclature

 *  darwinii. Belonopelta darwinii Forel, 1893d: 460 (q.) AUSTRALIA. Terayama, 1990: 897 (w.). Combination in Pachycondyla (Pseudoponera): Emery, 1900d: 668; Emery, 1901a: 46; in Pseudoponera: Bingham, 1903: 93; in Euponera (Trachymesopus): Emery, 1911d: 86; in Trachymesopus: Wilson, 1958d: 353; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 304. Senior synonym of lamarki, rufotestaceus: Brown, 1963: 6. Current subspecies: nominal plus africana, indica, madecassa.
 * lamarki. Euponera (Trachymesopus) lamarki Santschi, 1913c: 303 (q.) CONGO. Junior synonym of darwinii: Brown, 1963: 6.
 * rufotestaceus. Cryptopone rufotestaceus Donisthorpe, 1943b: 197 (q.) INDIA. Combination in Trachymesopus: Wilson, 1958d: 361 (footnote). Junior synonym of darwinii: Brown, 1963: 6.