Acropyga pallida

This species is known to occur from the Philippines and Borneo south to Australia. It is found in a range of habitats from dry sclerophyll and Callitris woodlands to rainforests. Nests are in soil under stones and in rotten wood.

Identification
This species can be separated from other Australian species by the presence of short erect hairs on the scapes and mesosomal dorsum and the small size (head width less than 0.6mm).

Distribution
This taxon was described from New Guinea. It is also known from Australia, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Nomenclature

 *  pallida. Bothriomyrmex pallidus Donisthorpe, 1938d: 598 (w.) NEW GUINEA. LaPolla, 2004a: 70 (q.m.). Combination in Acropyga: Shattuck, 1992c: 60.

Bothriomyrmex pallidus type material

Holotype worker from Mt. Lina, Cyclops Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia ; paratype workers from Mt. Lina, Cyclops Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia (1 in, 1 in ).

Additional References

 * Donisthorpe, H. (1938). New species and varieties of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (11)1 : 593–599.
 * LaPolla, J.S. 2004. Acropyga of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33 (3): 1-130.
 * Shattuck, S. O. (1992). Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology, 21: 1–181.