Calomyrmex laevissimus

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

Nomenclature

 * . Formica laevissima Smith, F. 1859a: 138 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is).
 * [Misspelled as levissima by Roger, 1863b: 10, Dalla Torre, 1893: 238.]
 * Mayr, 1897: 435 (q.).
 * Combination in Colobopsis: Roger, 1863b: 10;
 * combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1867a: 39;
 * combination in Camponotus (Calomyrmex): Mayr, 1897: 435;
 * combination in Calomyrmex: Emery, 1895j: 772.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1860b: 94; Smith, F. 1863: 13; Mayr, 1863: 416; Roger, 1863b: 10; Mayr, 1867a: 39 (redescription); Smith, F. 1871a: 307; Mayr, 1886c: 361; Emery, 1887a: 221; Dalla Torre, 1893: 238; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Mayr, 1897: 435; Viehmeyer, 1912: 8; Viehmeyer, 1913: 147; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 532; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 105; Emery, 1925b: 175; Karavaiev, 1929c: 244; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 452; Donisthorpe, 1943d: 459; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 220; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus trochanteralis.

Formica laevissima

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Aru 28.” Also present in are two workers from “Wag.” and one each from “Gil. S” and “Bac.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1943. The Ants of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (10): 433-475.
 * Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
 * Emery C. 1887. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24(4): 209-258.
 * Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 4, no. 24 (1887): 209-258.
 * 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.
 * Smith F. 1863. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouru and Timor. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 7: 6-48.
 * Smith, Fr. "Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5 (1860): 93-143.
 * Snelling R. R. 1998. Insect Part 1: The social Hymenoptera. In Mack A. L. (Ed.) A Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea, RAP 9. 189 ppages
 * 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.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1913. Ameisen aus dem Kopal von Celebes. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74: 141-155.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1914. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914: 515-535.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Some ecological characteristics of ants in New Guinea rain forests. Ecology 40: 437-447.