Aphaenogaster lustrans Smith, 1961b: 234, pl. 16, fig. 3 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay, Hihilai Plantation, iii.-iv.1944 (H.R. Roberts). Primary type depository: CASC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, USNM.