Podomyrma femorata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  femorata. Podomyrma femorata Smith, F. 1859a: 145 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Senior synonym of convergens: Taylor, 1999: 174.
 * convergens. Podomyrma convergens Forel 1895f: 427 (q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of femorata: Taylor, 1999: 174.

Type Material


Podomyrma femorata

Two worker syntypes, one queen syntype in. One worker labelled “Aru 30,” (= Aru I., New Guinea), all syntypes labelled “femorata,” and the workers each with “worker 1” on their stage cards. The dissected mouthparts of another specimen are glued to two separate cards.

The four species described by Smith (1859a) were the first species in Podomyrma after he had defined the genus. The numbers written on the stage cards of his specimens correspond to the order of description of the four species: 1 femorata, 2 striata, 3 laevifrons, 4 basalis.