Ectomomyrmex simillimus

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

Nomenclature

 *  simillimus. Bothroponera simillima Donisthorpe, 1949b: 490 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Pachycondyla simillima Smith, above (Bolton, 1995b: 309).] Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Donisthorpe, 1949c: 746; in Ectomomyrmex: Wilson, 1958d: 365; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309; in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2; in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 194.

Holotype queen (badly damaged) in. Labelled “simillima Smith,” and “C.G. Hope” (= Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).