| Authorship | Donisthorpe, 1940c: 106 | 
|---|---|
| Forms | w.m. | 
| Bioregion | Australasia | 
| Locality | NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “many”), 3 syntype males. Primary type localities: Papua New Guinea: Kokoda, 1200 ft, v.1933, no. 173 (L.E. Cheesman), Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Waigeu I. , 2500 ft, iv.1938 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC. | 
| Odontomachus tyrannicus obsolescens | Subspecies | Synonym junior synonym of current valid taxon Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, 1859 | Original combination |