Odontomachus latissimus

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus infandus group.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus latissimus Viehmeyer, 1914b: 31, fig. 5 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Sattelberg (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 44; Wilson, 1959a: 494; Brown, 1976a: 104, 128; Bolton, 1995b: 296.
 * Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

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.
 * 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.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1914. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(12): 24-60.
 * 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