Probolomyrmex newguinensis Shattuck et al., 2012: 45, fig. 4 (w.m.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Morobe Dist., Bulolo, 31.xii.1970 (B.B. Lowery). Type-depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 8 paratype workers, 1 paratype male (head missing). Paratype-locality: same as for holotype.