Ectomomyrmex simillimus

Distribution based on type material
New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  simillimus. Bothroponera simillima Donisthorpe, 1949b: 490 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Donisthorpe, 1949c: 746.
 * Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Wilson, 1958d: 365.
 * Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309.
 * Combination in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2.
 * Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 194.
 * Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1949c: 746; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 51; Wilson, 1958d: 365; Bolton, 1995b: 309.

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