Odontomachus tyrannicus

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus tyrannicus group.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1859a: 144 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru 54” (A.R. Wallace).
 * Type-depository: OXUM.
 * [Misspelled as tyranicus by Donisthorpe, 1940c: 107, Donisthorpe, 1949g: 408.]
 * Emery, 1897d: 557 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952c: 652 (l.).
 * Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 28; Roger, 1863b: 21; Mayr, 1863: 437; Smith, F. 1871a: 319; Emery, 1887b: 429; Emery, 1892d: 559 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 52; Emery, 1897d: 557; Forel, 1901b: 5; Dahl, 1901: 12; Emery, 1911b: 531; Emery, 1911d: 113; Viehmeyer, 1912: 6; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 516; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 455; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 16; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 47; Wilson, 1959a: 501; Brown, 1976a: 106, 162; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
 * Senior synonym of obsolescens: Wilson, 1959a: 501; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Aru, Irian Jaya, Waigeu), Papua New Guinea (+ Bismarck Archipelago).
 * obsolescens. Odontomachus tyrannicus var. obsolescens Donisthorpe, 1940c: 106 (w.m.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “many”), 3 syntype males.
 * Type-localities: Papua New Guinea: Kokoda, 1200 ft, v.1933, no. 173 (L.E. Cheesman), and Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Waigeu I., 2500 ft, iv.1938 (L.E. Cheesman).
 * Type-depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
 * Subspecies of tyrannicus: Donisthorpe, 1943d: 446; Donisthorpe, 1949g: 408; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 47.
 * Junior synonym of tyrannicus: Wilson, 1959a: 501; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 296.

Type Material


Odontomachus tyrannicus

Holotype worker, in ; “Aru 54”, and also with a Donisthorpe type-label. A second worker is present, from Waigeo I.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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