Odontomachus montanus

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus saevissimus group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus imperator var. montanus Stitz, 1925: 116 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Lordberg (Bürgers).
 * Type-depositories: MCZC, MNHU.
 * Subspecies of imperator: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 43.
 * Status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 495; Brown, 1976a: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 296.
 * Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1976. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Stud. Entomol. 19: 67-171.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Stitz H. 1925. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1923: 110-136.
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120: 483-510.
 * Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144