Odontomachus papuanus

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus infandus group

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

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus rixosus var. papuanus Emery, 1887b: 429 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru Is (Beccari).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Viehmeyer, 1916b: 284 (footnote) (q.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1892d: 559 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 52; Emery, 1897d: 557; Emery, 1901g: 566; Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 339; Emery, 1911d: 113; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 516; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 45; Wilson, 1959a: 496; Baltazar, 1966: 239; Brown, 1976a: 105, 125; Bolton, 1995b: 296.
 * Senior synonym of concentrica: Wilson, 1959a: 497; Brown, 1976a: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 296.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Aru, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
 * concentrica. Odontomachus papuanus var. concentrica Emery, 1897d: 557 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea.: Moroka, 1300 m. (L. Loria).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Subspecies of papuanus: Emery, 1911d: 113; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 45.
 * Junior synonym of papuanus: Wilson, 1959a: 497; Brown, 1976a: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 295.

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
 * Emery C. 1887. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [concl.]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25(5): 427-473.
 * Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine)." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 5, no. 25 (1887): 427-473.
 * 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.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1914. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914: 515-535.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1909. Ants of Formosa and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26: 333-345.
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Some ecological characteristics of ants in New Guinea rain forests. Ecology 40: 437-447.
 * 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