Paratopula catocha

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in a canopy malaise trap within a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Paratopula catocha Bolton, 1988b: 136, fig. 4 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 2 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone Nat.Park, 400 m., 11.ii.1985, plot C fog 5 (N. Stork); paratypes: 1 worker with same data, 1 worker Dumoga Bone Nat. Park, 200-400 m., 8.ii.1985, fog plot B, lowland forest (P.M. Hammond).
 * Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, MCZC (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 312; Xu & Xu, 2011: 595 (in key); Luo & Guénard, 2017: 10 (in key).
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).

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
 * 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.