Myopias maligna

They are known to prey upon millipedes. Colonies contain a single queen.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera maligna Smith, F. 1861b: 44 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
 * Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Celebes (= Sulawesi), Manado, “60/76” (A.R. Wallace).
 * [Note: two specimens in OXUM (1 worker, 1 queen), marked as types by Donisthorpe, are not type-material. The locality on their data discs is “Tond.” (= Tondano); the type-locality specified by Smith is Manado.]
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Combination in Trapeziopelta: Mayr, 1862: 715;
 * combination in Myopias: Bolton, 1995b: 269.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 715; Roger, 1863b: 19; Mayr, 1863: 457; Mayr, 1867a: 82 (redescription); Smith, F. 1871a: 322; Dalla Torre, 1893: 43; Emery, 1900c: 313 (in key); Emery, 1901g: 566; Emery, 1911d: 93; Forel, 1911e: 253; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 75; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 56; Probst, Guénard & Boudinot, 2015: 205 (in key); Jaitrong, Wiwatwitaya & Yamane, 2020a: 618 (in key).
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Bacan, Sulawesi).
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus punctigera.

Ponera maligna

One worker syntype and one dealate queen syntype in. Labelled “Celebes. Manado. 60/76.” Acc. Reg.: “1860 no. 76 (Sept. 13). Celebes (Manado); purchased of Stevens, collected by A.R. Wallace.”

Two specimens in (1 worker, 1 queen), marked as types by Donisthorpe, are not type-material. The locality on their data discs is “Tond.” (= Tondano, n.e. Sulawesi); the type-locality specified by Smith is Manado.

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
 * Emery C. 1900. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 310-338.
 * Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
 * Hashimoto Y., Y. Morimoto, and M. Mohamed. 2003. Species List of Ground and Leaf Litter Ants Collected in Lower Kinabatangan. Pp 13-18. In Lower Kinabatangan Scientific Expedition 2002, 176 pp. ISBN-13: 983-2369-11-8
 * 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
 * Smith F. 1861. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 6: 36-48.
 * Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.