Paratopula oculata

This species is only known from queens and males.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.

Nomenclature

 *  oculata. Cerapachys oculatus Smith, F. 1857a: 74, pl. 1, figs. 20-24 (m.) BORNEO. Bolton, 1988b: 141 (q.). Combination in Sima: Emery, 1887b: 445 (footnote); in Rhopalothrix: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 450; in Acanthomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 60; in Paratopula: Bolton, 1988b: 141.

Cerapachys oculatus

Holotype male in. Labelled “SAR” (= Sarawak) (locality data not given in original description). With a Donisthorpe type-label and a det. label by him “Rhopalothrix?”