Metapone nivanuatu Taylor, 2018: 100, figs. 6-11 (w.) VANUATU (Malekula). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Vanuatu (“New Hebrides”): Malekula I., South West Bay, 16°31’S, 167°27’E, 9.x.1971, (Royal Society New Hebrides Expd.), NH 64 (K.E. Lee). Primary type depository: ANIC. Primary type specimen: Type No. 32-069954.