Pseudoneoponera bispinosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  bispinosa. Pachycondyla bispinosa Smith, F. 1858b: 107 (w.) INDIA. [Note: not Australia as originally indicated; see Forel, 1886d: 246; Forel, 1900d: 326; Bingham, 1903: 97.] Combination in Bothroponera: Emery, 1889b: 495; Bingham, 1903: 97; in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45; in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2; in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 135. Junior synonym of rufipes: Forel, 1886d: 246. Revived from synonymy: Emery, 1889b: 495; Forel, 1900d: 326; Bingham, 1903: 97.

Holotype (presumed) worker in. Labelled “type. Sm. Coll. 79. 32.” No locality is given. In the original description Smith gives the type-locality as “Australia?.” There is thus no proof that this specimen is in fact the holotype. If the “79” refers to 1879, that would rule out this specimen.