Odontomachus testaceus

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus tyrannicus group.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus tyrannicus var. testacea Emery, 1897d: 557 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Haveri (L. Loria).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Subspecies of tyrannicus: Emery, 1911d: 113; Donisthorpe, 1947c: 579; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 47.
 * Status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106, 162; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
 * Senior synonym of gulosus: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
 * Senior synonym of nigrifrons: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
 * Senior synonym of nubila: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
 * gulosus. Odontomachus gulosus Emery, 1901h: 160 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Sattelberg (L. Biró).
 * Type-depositories: HNHM, MSNG.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911c: 250; Emery, 1911d: 113; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 515; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 42.
 * Junior synonym of testaceus: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 295.
 * nigrifrons. Odontomachus nigrifrons Donisthorpe, 1940c: 106 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: 6 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“E New Guinea”), Humboldt Bay, Hollandia, vi.1936, No. 174, sea level, in forest (L.E. Cheesman).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Junior synonym of testaceus: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 296.
 * nubila. Odontomachus gulosus var. nubila Emery, 1911c: 250 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Etna Bay.
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Subspecies of gulosus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 42.
 * Junior synonym of testaceus: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 296.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * CSIRO Collection
 * Donisthorpe H. 1940. Some new forms of Odontomachus (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist 73: 106-109.
 * Donisthorpe H. 1947. Ants from New Guinea, including new species and a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)13: 577-595.
 * Emery C. 1901. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio tertia. Természetrajzi Füzetek 25: 152-160.
 * Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Nova Guin. 9: 249-259
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 * Viehmeyer H. 1914. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914: 515-535.
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