Sphinctomyrmex caledonicus Wilson, 1957a: 8 (w.eq.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: holotype New Caledonia: Ciu, nr Mt Canala, 300 m., 31.xii.1954, no. 225 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “a long series”), 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype, same data as holotype but 21.xii.1954, no. 195 (E.O. Wilson). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 123, cites 3 worker paratypes in NHMB.