Metapone africana

Taylor, Robert W. & Alpert, Gary D., 2016, The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species, Zootaxa 4105 (6), pp. 501-545 : 507

Synopsis of world Metapone species

Publication details, type localities, diagnoses and new species descriptions are given in the text below under the relevant species headings. Numbers at the right margins of each entry provide an index to species order in the text below.

M. africana Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Gabon, 4.

M. bakeri Wheeler, 1916 . Philippines: Luzon, 7.

M. balinensiis Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Indonesia: Bali, 12.

M. emersoni Gregg, 1958 . Madagascar, 2.

M. enigmatica Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Papua New Guinea, 17.

M. gracilis Wheeler, 1935 . Philippines: Mindanao, 10.

M. greeni Forel, 1912 . Sri Lanka, 5. = johni Karavaiev, 1933 syn. nov. Sri Lanka.

M. hewitti Wheeler, 1919a . Malaysia: Sarawak, 8.

M. hoelldobleri Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Australia: Queensland, 26.

M. jacobsoni Crawley, 1924 . Indonesia: Sumatra, 9.

= nicobarensis Tiwari & Jonathon, 1986 syn. nov. India: Nicobar Islands.

M. javana Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Indonesia: Java, 13.

M. krombeini M. R. Smith, 1947 . Papua New Guinea, 15.

M. leae Wheeler, 1919b . Australia: Queensland, 23.

M. madagascarica Gregg, 1958 . Madagascar, 1.

M. manni Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Fiji: Viti Levu, 18.

M. mathinnae Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Australia: Tasmania, 27.

M. mjobergi Forel, 1915 . Australia: Queensland, 22.

M. philwardi Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Papua New Guinea, 19.

M. quadridentata Eguchi, 1998 . Malaysia: Sabah, 11.

M. salomonis Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Solomon Islands: San Cristoval, 20.

M. sauteri Forel, 1912 . Taiwan, 6.

M. tecklini Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Australia: Queensland, 28.

M. tillyardi Wheeler, 1919b . Australia: New South Wales, 24.

M. titan Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Papua New Guinea: New Ireland, 21.

M. tricolor McAreavey,1949 . Australia: New South Wales, 25.

M. truki M. R. Smith, 1953 . Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, 16.

M. vincimus Alpert, 2007 . Madagascar, 3.

M. wallaceana Taylor & Alpert sp.nov. Indonesia: Lombok, 14.