Polyrhachis (Aulacomyrma) simulans Kohout, 2007c: 209, figs. 30, 33, 36 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Morobe Prov., Huon Peninsula, lower Busu River, 5.v.1955, no. 950 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.