Echinopla melanarctos

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Malaysia, Singapore. Oriental Region: Thailand.

Nomenclature

 *  melanarctos. Echinopla melanarctos Smith, F. 1857a: 79, pl. 1, figs. 25-29 (w.) SINGAPORE.

Holotype worker in. Labelled “SINC” and with a Donisthorpe type-label. A second specimen is present in, labelled “22 SING.”

Additional References
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00435-005-0011-8#page-1
 * Gnatzy, W. & Maschwitz, U. 2006: Pedestal hairs of the ant Echinopla melanarctos (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): morphology and functional aspects. Zoomorphology 125, 57-68