Wheeleripone aterrima Mann, 1921: 411, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) FIJI IS (Viti Levu). Oceania.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 41). Primary type locality: lectotype Fiji Is: Viti Levu, Waiyanitu, 1915-16 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 12 paralectotype workers, 5 paralectotype queens, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 41, indicate that specimens from Kadavu and Vanua Ava bear red “cotype” labels but are not original syntypes.