Ectomomyrmex exaratus valid New Guinea (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.
Emery, C. 1901k. 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.   124650

Ectomomyrmex exaratus aequalis obsolete combination Solomon Is (Malaita, Florida). Australasia.
Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391.   127071