Vombisidris bilongrudi

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

Nomenclature

 * . Leptothorax bilongrudi Taylor, 1989b: 605, figs. 1-3 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 11 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens.
 * Type-locality: holotype Papua New Guinea: West Sepik Prov., Victor Emmanuel Range, 5°07’S, 141°38’E, nr Telefomin, 1550 m., 17-19.viii.1984, no. 305 (R.J. Kohout); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, KUPC, MCZC, MHNG, QMBA.
 * Combination in Vombisidris: Bolton, 1991: 5.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1991: 5; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Xu & Yu, 2012: 1497 (in key).
 * Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 16:1-13.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * 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.
 * Lucky A., L. E. Alonso, E. Sarnat, and J. Hulr. 2015. Ants and scolytine beetles. In: Richards, S.J. and N. Whitmore (editors) 2015. A rapid biodiversity assessment of Papua New Guinea's Hindenburg Wall region. Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea Program. Goroka, PNG.
 * Taylor R. W. 1989. Australasian ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27:605-610.