Simopone chapmani

Identification
Bolton and Fisher (2013) - The species was compared to Simopone gressitti by Taylor (1966) but the following features of chapmani deserve mention. Antennal scrobe narrow but deep, apex of scrobe deflected ventrally as a triangular impression immediately in front of the anterior margin of the eye; scape very short, SI 33; metapleuron traversed by a sulcus that continues the line of the mesopleural sulcus; AII distinctly longer than broad (AIIW/AIIL 0.86); side of AII without a curved longitudinal carina between the dorsolateral margin and the level of the spiracle; AII longer than AIII in dorsal view; AIII longer than postergite of AIV.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines.

Nomenclature

 *  chapmani. Simopone chapmani Taylor, 1966b: 287 (w.) PHILIPPINES. See also: Bolton & Fisher, 2012: 71.

Type Material
Bolton and Fisher (2013) - Holotype worker, PHILIPPINES: Negros I., Horns of Negros, 3600 ft. (J.W. Chapman) [examined]. The holotype and only known specimen of this species is fragmented and mounted on three card triangles on a single pin: head on top triangle, mesosoma + AII + AIII on middle triangle, AIV to apex on bottom triangle.