title: The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species.
abstract: The 28 known species of Metapone are monographed and illustrated. Twelve are described as new: M. africana, Gabon; M. balinensis, Bali, Indonesia; M. enigmatica, northeast New Guinea; M. hoelldobleri, northeast Queensland, Australia; M. javana, Java, Indonesia; M. manni, Viti Levu, Fiji; M. mathinnae, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia; M. philwardi, northeast New Guinea; M. salomonis, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; M. tecklini, northeast Queensland; M. titan, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea; M. wallaceana, Lombok, Indonesia; spp.n. New synonymies include M. greeni Forel = M. johni Karavaiev (Sri Lanka) syn.n, and M. jacobsoni Crawley (Sumatra) = M. nicobarensis Tiwari & Jonathan (Great Nicobar Island) syn.n.
authors.affiliation: Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO National Collections, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.; Email: robert.taylor@anu.edu.au.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Entomology Department, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.; Email: gary_alpert@post.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Alpert
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D001208:Asia; D001315:Australia; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size