Pseudoneoponera obesa

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

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera (Bothroponera) obesa Emery, 1897d: 551 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: holotype workers.
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Ighibirei (L. Loria).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
 * combination in Bothroponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 50; Wilson, 1958d: 362;
 * combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308;
 * combination in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 135.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 77; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 50; Wilson, 1958d: 362; Bolton, 1995b: 307.
 * Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Wilson E. O. 1958. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371.
 * Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144