Simopone chapmani

Identification
A member of the grandidieri species group. The species was compared to Simopone gressitti by Taylor (1966) but the following features of chapmani deserve mention. Antennal scrobe narrow but deep, apex of scrobe deflected ventrally as a triangular impression immediately in front of the anterior margin of the eye; scape very short, SI 33; metapleuron traversed by a sulcus that continues the line of the mesopleural sulcus; AII distinctly longer than broad (AIIW/AIIL 0.86); side of AII without a curved longitudinal carina between the dorsolateral margin and the level of the spiracle; AII longer than AIII in dorsal view; AIII longer than postergite of AIV. (Bolton and Fisher 2012)

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

Nomenclature

 *  chapmani. Simopone chapmani Taylor, 1966b: 287 (w.) PHILIPPINES. See also: Bolton & Fisher, 2012: 71.

Type Material
Bolton and Fisher (2013) - Holotype worker, PHILIPPINES: Negros I., Horns of Negros, 3600 ft. (J.W. Chapman) [examined]. The holotype and only known specimen of this species is fragmented and mounted on three card triangles on a single pin: head on top triangle, mesosoma + AII + AIII on middle triangle, AIV to apex on bottom triangle.