Discothyrea antarctica

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Zealand.

Nomenclature

 * . Discothyrea antarctica Emery, 1895c: 266 (footnote) (w.) NEW ZEALAND (North I.).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: New Zealand: North Island (Broun).
 * [Note: Brown, 1958h: 19, gives Hunua Mts as type-locality.]
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * [Also described as new by Emery, 1895e: 636.]
 * Brown, 1958h: 19 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1202 (l.).
 * Status as species: Forel, 1905a: 354; Emery, 1911d: 52; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 11; Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 108; Brown, 1958g: 253; Brown, 1958h: 19; Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Don, 2007: 57.
 * Distribution: New Zealand.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 118: 173-362.
 * Brown WL. 1958. A review of the ants of New Zealand. Acta Hymenopterologica 1.1: 1-50.
 * Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958. A review of the ants of New Zealand. Acta Hymenopterologica 1:1-50.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * Emery C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8: 257-360.
 * Emery C. 1895. On a new species of ant from New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 635-636.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Forel A. 1905. A revision of the species of the Formicidae (ants) of New Zealand. Trans. Proc. N. Z. Inst. 37: 353-355.
 * Smith M. R., and M. W. Wing. 1955. Redescription of Discothyrea testacea Roger, a little-known North American ant, with notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 62: 105-112.
 * 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.
 * Ward D. 2005. Changes to the classification of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Weta 30: 16-18.
 * Ward D.F. 2009. The diversity, community composition and seasonality of native and introduced ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in northern New Zealand. Myrmecological News 12: 195-200.
 * Ward DF. 2009. The diversity, community composition and seasonality of native and introduced ants in northern New Zealand. Myrmecological News 12: 195-201
 * Wheeler WM. 1927. Ants of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 62.4: 120-153.
 * Wheeler WM. 1935. Checklist of the ants of Oceania. Bernice P Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 11.11 pg 3-56
 * Wheeler, W. M. 1927. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 121-153
 * Wilson EO, Taylor RW. 1967. The ants of Polynesia. Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109.