Echinopla arfaki

Identification
A member of the Echinopla serrata group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * rugosa. Echinopla rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110, fig. 8 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of rugosa André, above.] Replacement name: arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943a: 176.
 *  arfaki. Echinopla arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943a: 176. Replacement name for rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110. [Junior primary homonym of rugosa André, 1892b: 47.] Senior synonym of corrugata Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116 (unnecessary (second) replacement name for rugosa Stitz): Bolton, 1995b: 183.
 * corrugata. Echinopla corrugata Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116. Unnecessary (second) replacement name for rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110. Junior synonym of arfaki (first available replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 183.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Donisthorpe H. 1943. Myrmecological gleanings. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 12: 115-116.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.