Strumigenys nigra Brown, 1971c: 79 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Eastern Highlands, Gominagu Valley (Collins Bros., via Goroka), Ramu-Purare Divide, 3 mi. SW Mt Otto, 2400 m., 16.viii.1956, from moss, mountain rainforest (T.E. Woofward). Primary type depository: QMBA. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 2450 m., 18.viii.1956 (T.E. Woodward), 1 paratype worker Western Highlands, Al Valley (side branch of Wahgi Valley), nr Nondugl, 2150 m., 25.viii.1956 (T.E. Woodward). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, QMBA.