Myopias papua

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

Nomenclature

 * punctigera. Trapeziopelta punctigera Emery, 1901h: 155 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of punctigera Emery, above.] Combination in Myopias: Bolton, 1995b: 270. Replacement name: papua Snelling, R.R. 2008: 261.
 *  papua. Myopias papua Snelling, R.R. 2008: 261. Replacement name for Trapeziopelta punctigera Emery, 1901h: 155. [Junior primary homonym of punctigera Emery, 1900d: 663.]

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1901. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio tertia. Természetrajzi Füzetek 25: 152-160.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Lucky A., E. Sarnat, and L. Alonso. 2011. Ants of the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea, Chapter 10. In Richards, S. J. and Gamui, B. G. (editors). 2013. Rapid Biological Assessments of the Nakanai Mountains and the upper Strickland Basin: surveying the biodiversity of Papua New Guineas sublime karst environments. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 60. Conservation International. Arlington, VA.
 * Snelling R. R. 2008. A new name for Myopias punctigera (Emery 1901), not M. maligna var. punctigera (Emery 1900) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 110: 261.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.