Arnoldius pusillus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands.

Nomenclature

 * . Tapinoma pusillum Mayr, 1876: 83 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1951: 189 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.).
 * Combination in Bothriomyrmex: Forel, 1879a: 127;
 * combination in Arnoldius: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 166.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 170; Forel, 1902h: 476; Emery, 1913a: 28; Clark, 1938: 374; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 92; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Shattuck, 1994: 35; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 69.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus aequalis.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brown E.S. 1959. Immature nutfall of coconuts in the Solomon Islands. II. Changes in ant populations, and their relation to vegetation. Bulletin of Entomological Research 50: 523-558.
 * Clark J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)50: 356-382.
 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.