Odontomachus rufithorax

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus saevissimus group.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus imperator subsp. rufithorax Emery, 1911b: 534 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Tawarin, and Timena.
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Subspecies of imperator: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 43.
 * Status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 497; Brown, 1976a: 106, 164; Bolton, 1995b: 297; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 73.
 * Senior synonym of emeryi: Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
 * Senior synonym of gressitti: Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.
 * emeryi. Odontomachus imperator subsp. emeryi Mann, 1919: 303, fig. 12 (w.q.m.) SOLOMON IS (Florida I., Isabel I.).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “several colonies”).
 * Type-locality: Solomon Is: Florida I., Maliali (W.M. Mann).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Subspecies of imperator: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 16.
 * Status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 492.
 * Junior synonym of rufithorax: Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 295.
 * gressitti. Odontomachus gressitti Wilson, 1959a: 492, fig. 4, no. 8 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea), SOLOMON IS (Guadalcanal I.).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
 * Type-locality: holotype Papua New Guinea: Nondugl, Ahl Valley, 1750 m. (J.L. Gressitt); paratype Solomon Is: Guadalcanal I., Gold Ridge-to-Suta (Jonapau), 1100 m. (J.L. Gressitt).
 * Type-depositories: BPBM (holotype); MCZC (paratype).
 * Junior synonym of rufithorax: Brown, 1976a: 106; 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. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. Nova Guinea 5: 531-539.
 * 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.
 * Mann W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391.
 * Mann, W.M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College 63: 273-391
 * 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.
 * Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
 * Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56
 * 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