Ectomomyrmex melancholicus

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

Nomenclature

 *  melancholicus. Pachycondyla melancholica Smith, F. 1865: 71 (w.) INDONESIA (Morotai I.). Combination in Platythyrea: Emery, 1897c: 575; in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1975: 47; in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 193. Junior synonym of Platythyrea parallela: Wilson, 1958d: 151. Revived from synonymy: Brown, 1975: 47.

Holotype worker in. Labelled “M” (= Morotai (Morty) I.), and on a square of card, “TYPE.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94.