Taxonomic history
Smith, 1860b PDF: 102 (q.); Karavaiev, 1925c PDF: 291 (m.).Senior synonym of Odontomachus imperator tauerni: Wilson, 1959c PDF: 498.Senior synonym of Odontomachus transversostriatus: Wilson, 1959c PDF: 498.Senior synonym of Odontomachus linae: Brown, 1976a: 106.See also: Brown, 1976a: 152.Worker. Length 7 lines.-Ferruginous: the mandibles of a deeper tint than the head, the mouth blackish; the deep excavations on the face as in the 0. infandus , but the head behind smooth and shining; the central longitudinal channel very deeply impressed; the mandibles serrated and toothed at the apex. Thorax elongate, transversely striated, the prothorax very delicately so; the abdominal peduncle terminating in a long bent acute spine, and having a short blunt tooth at its base beneath; the legs pale ferruginous, with the tarsi dusky. Abdomen fusco-ferruginous, very smooth and shining.
Hab. Ceram. (Coll. Madame Ida Pfeiffer.)
, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Supp. v. 102. 1.
Hab. Menado; Bachian; Ceram.
Amboina in den Molukken (M. C. Vienn.).
