Paratopula sumatrensis

This species is poorly sampled. It is known from a worker and the holotype queen.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Atopula ceylonica var. sumatrensis Forel, 1913k: 64 (q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Tandjong Slamat, 1911-12, at light (v. Buttel-Reepen).
 * Type-depository: presumed lost, not in MHNG.
 * Crawley, 1924: 399 (w.).
 * Combination in Atopula: Emery, 1924d: 243;
 * combination in Paratopula: Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 144; Bolton, 1988b: 141.
 * Subspecies of ceylonica: Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 144; Emery, 1924d: 243; Crawley, 1924: 399; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 119; Baltazar, 1966: 254.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1988b: 141 (redescription, nomen dubium); Bolton, 1995b: 312.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1988. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 124: 125-143
 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Crawley W.C. 1924. Ants from Sumatra, with biological notes by Edward Jacobson. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)13: 380-409
 * Forel A. 1913. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.