Mesoponera papuana

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

Nomenclature

 *  papuana. Euponera (Mesoponera) papuana Viehmeyer, 1914d: 608 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in Mesoponera: Wilson, 1958d: 350; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308. Subspecies of melanaria: Viehmeyer, 1924a: 228. Revived status as species and senior synonym of pulchella, viehmeyeri: Wilson, 1958d: 350. See also: Mann, 1919: 290.
 * pulchella. Euponera (Mesoponera) pulchella Donisthorpe, 1941c: 133 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of papuana: Wilson, 1958d: 350.
 * viehmeyeri. Euponera (Mesoponera) viehmeyeri Donisthorpe, 1948g: 132 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of papuana: Wilson, 1958d: 350.

Additional References

 * Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa. 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1)