Pseudoneoponera bispinosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  bispinosa. Pachycondyla bispinosa Smith, F. 1858b: 107 (w.) INDIA (not Australia). Combination in Bothroponera: Emery, 1889b: 495; Bingham, 1903: 97; in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45. Junior synonym of rufipes: Forel, 1886d: 246. Revived from synonymy: Emery, 1889b: 495; Forel, 1900d: 326; Bingham, 1903: 97.

Holotype (presumed) worker in. Labelled “type. Sm. Coll. 79. 32.” No locality is given. In the original description Smith gives the type-locality as “Australia?.” There is thus no proof that this specimen is in fact the holotype. If the “79” refers to 1879, that would rule out this specimen.

Additional References

 * Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa. 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1)