Odontomachus animosus

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus infandus group

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

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus animosus Smith, F. 1860b: 102 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Dory (= Manokwari), “Dor 30” (A.R. Wallace).
 * Type-depository: OXUM.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 21; Mayr, 1863: 436; Smith, F. 1871a: 319; Dalla Torre, 1893: 49; Emery, 1911d: 114; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 461; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 42; Wilson, 1959a: 489 (redescription); Brown, 1976a: 102, 125 Bolton, 1995b: 294.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Dor. 30” and “TYPE”. It also bears a Donisthorpe type-label.

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. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * 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.
 * Snelling R. R. 2000. Ants of the Wapoga river area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14, Conservation International, Washington, DC.
 * 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.
 * 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.