Odontomachus cephalotes

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

Nomenclature

 *  cephalotes. Odontomachus cephalotes Smith, F. 1863: 19 (w.) INDONESIA (Seram I.). Forel, 1915b: 34 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1212 (l.). Subspecies of ruficeps: Forel, 1911e: 251; Forel, 1915b: 34. Revived status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 490. Senior synonym of aruanus and material of the unavailable names fusca, cruenta, longitudinalis, tamensis, ternatensis referred here: Wilson, 1959a: 491. Senior synonym of ajax and material of the unavailable names cooktownensis, obtusa, yorkensis referred here: Brown, 1976a: 103. See also: Crawley, 1922b: 441; Brown, 1976a: 120.
 * aruanus. Odontomachus ruficeps subsp. aruanus Karavaiev, 1925c: 295, fig. 14 (w.m.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of cephalotes: Wilson, 1959a: 491.
 * ajax. Odontomachus ajax Clark, 1928b: 169 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [First available use of Odontomachus ruficeps subsp. turneri var. ajax Forel, 1910b: 10; unavailable name (Taylor, 1986: 34).] Junior synonym of cephalotes: Brown, 1976a: 103.

Type Material


Odontomachus cephalotes

Two worker syntypes in, both labelled “Cer.E” (= Ceram); one of them also bears a Donisthorpe type-label.