| Authorship | Forel, 1901c: 26 (footnote) | 
|---|---|
| Forms | w.q.m. | 
| Bioregion | Australasia | 
| Locality | NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: (no further data) (L. Biró). Primary type depository: MHNG. | 
| Type notes | The specimens were collected by Biró and sent to Forel by Emery, therefore syntypes may also be present in HNHM and MSNG. | 
| Nylanderia obscura papuana | Subspecies | Valid | |
| Prenolepis obscura papuana | Subspecies | Obsolete combination an obsolete combination of Nylanderia obscura papuana (Forel, 1901) | Original combination |