Mesoponera rubra

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Singapore. Oriental Region: Thailand.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera rubra Smith, F. 1857a: 66 (q.) SINGAPORE.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Singapore: “SING 7” (A.R. Wallace).
 * Type-depository: OXUM.
 * Imai, et al. 1984: 67 (k.); Tjan, et al. 1986: 57 (k.).
 * Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
 * combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309;
 * combination in Mesoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 111.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 86; Mayr, 1863: 450; Smith, F. 1871a: 321; Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1893g: 259; Emery, 1911d: 81; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 447; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 309; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 31; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 57.
 * Distribution: Singapore, Thailand.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus javana.

Ponera rubra

Holotype dealate queen in. Labelled “SING. 7” and with a Donisthorpe type-label.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Imai H. T., M. Kubota, W. L. Brown, Jr., M. Ihara, M. Tohari, and R. I. Pranata. 1985. Chromosome observations on tropical ants from Indonesia. Annu. Rep. Natl. Inst. Genet. Jpn. 35: 46-48.
 * Jaitrong W., and T. Ting-Nga. 2005. Ant fauna of Peninsular Botanical Garden (Khao Chong), Trang Province, Southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(2): 137-147.
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Sagata, K., A.L. Mack, D.D. Wright and P.J. Lester. 2010. The influence of nest avaiability on the abundance and diversity of twig-dwelling ants in a Papua New Guinea forest. Insectes Sociaux 57:333-341
 * Tjan K. N., H. T. Imai, M. Kubota, W. L., Jr., Brown, W. H. Gotwald, H.-S. Yong, and C. Leh. 1986. Chromosome observations of Sarawak ants. Annu. Rep. Natl. Inst. Genet. Jpn. 36: 57-58.
 * Wheeler, William Morton. 1924. Ants of Krakatau and Other Islands in the Sunda Strait. Treubia. 5(1-3):1-20.
 * Woodcock P., D. P. Edwards, R. J. Newton, C. Vun Khen, S. H. Bottrell, and K. C. Hamer. 2013. Impacts of Intensive Logging on the Trophic Organisation of Ant Communities in a Biodiversity Hotspot. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60756. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060756
 * Woodcock P., D. P. Edwards, T. M. Fayle, R. J. Newton, C. Vun Khen, S. H. Bottrell, and K. C. Hamer. 2011. The conservation value of South East Asia's highly degraded forests: evidence from leaf-litter ants. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 366: 3256-3264.