Odontomachus simillimus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Fiji Is. It is also found in Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, New Guinea, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Guam, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Micronesia (Federated States of), Northern Mariana Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Borneo and Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  simillimus. Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F. 1858b: 80, pl. 5, figs. 8, 9 (q.) FIJI IS. Mayr, 1867a: 79 (w.); Karavaiev, 1925c: 294 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1980: 530 (l.); Imai, Brown, et al. 1984: 67 (k.); Tjan, Imai, et al. 1986: 57 (k.). Junior synonym of haematodus: Roger, 1861a: 24; Mayr, 1865: 64; Emery, 1911d: 114. Revived from synonymy: Wilson, 1959a: 499; Brown, 1976a: 106. Senior synonym of fuscipennis: Wilson, 1959a: 499; of breviceps, pallidicornis: Brown, 1976a: 106. See also: Brown, 1976a: 165; Fisher & Smith, 2008: 15; Sorger & Zettel, 2011: 158.
 * pallidicornis. Ponera pallidicornis Smith, F. 1860a: 73 (m.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458; in Odontomachus: Brown, 1976a: 106. Junior synonym of simillimus: Brown, 1976a: 106.
 * fuscipennis. Odontomachus haematodes var. fuscipennis Forel, 1913k: 19 (w.q.m.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of simillimus: Wilson, 1959a: 499.
 * breviceps. Odontomachus haematoda var. breviceps Crawley, 1915b: 239 (w.) CHRISTMAS I. Junior synonym of simillimus: Brown, 1976a: 106.