Xiphomyrmex aruensis Karavaiev, 1935a: 105, fig. 24 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 47 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Archipelago, Wammer I., 9.iii.1913, no. 2567 (W. Karawajew). Primary type depositories: NMAS, SIZK. Type notes: 1) Kostyuk, 1976: 98, cites 36 worker syntypes in SIZK. 2) Martynov & Radchenko, 2016: 252, cite 11 worker syntypes in NMAS (plus 128w in alcohol).