Paratopula catocha

Paratopula catocha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Paratopula
Species:	P. catocha
Binomial name
Paratopula catocha Bolton, 1988 Specimen labels

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in a canopy malaise trap within a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Paratopula species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• catocha. Paratopula catocha Bolton, 1988b: 136, fig. 4 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 2 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone Nat.Park, 400 m., 11.ii.1985, plot C fog 5 (N. Stork); paratypes: 1 worker with same data, 1 worker Dumoga Bone Nat. Park, 200-400 m., 8.ii.1985, fog plot B, lowland forest (P.M. Hammond).
  • Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, MCZC (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 312; Xu & Xu, 2011: 595 (in key); Luo & Guénard, 2017: 10 (in key).
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).

References

• Bolton, B. 1988b. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 124: 125-143.
• Heterick, B.E., Kitching, R.L. 2022. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 158(4), 261–272 (doi:10.31184/m00138908.1584.4153).
• Luo, Y.Y., Guénard, B. 2016. Descriptions of a new species and the gyne in the rarely collected arboreal genera Paratopula and Rotastruma (Hymenopytera: Formicidae) from Hong Kong, with a discussion on their ecology. Asian Myrmecology 8: 1-16 (DOI:10.20362/am.008016).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bolton B. 1988. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 124: 125-143
• Sheela S., 2008. First record of the rare ant Paratopula ceylonica Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Uttar Pradesh, India with a note to the genus. J. Exp. Zool. India 11(2): 423-425.