Paratopula ankistra

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines.

Nomenclature

 * . Paratopula ankistra Bolton, 1988b: 134, figs. 1, 6 (w.q.) BORNEO (Brunei; East Malaysia: Sabah).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Brunei: Bukit Sulang, nr Lamunin, BM1982-388, 20.viii.-10.ix.1982, fogging, sample T2/1 (N. E. Stork).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 312; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 48; Xu & Xu, 2011: 595 (in key); Luo & Guénard, 2017: 10 (in key).
 * Distribution: Brunei.

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
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Sheela S., 2008. First record of the rare ant Paratopula ceylonica Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Uttar Pradesh, India with a note to the genus. J. Exp. Zool. India 11(2): 423-425.
 * Xu Z. H., and G. L. Xu. 2011. A new species of the genus Paratopula Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Tibet. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36(3): 595-57.