Orectognathus antennatus var. howensis Wheeler, 1927i: 145, fig. 7 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker (head missing). Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales, Lord Howe I., 1915-16 (A.M. Lea). Primary type depository: ANIC. Type notes: 1) Brown, 1953k: 100, cites holotype in SAMA. 2) Taylor, 1977: 584, records its transfer to ANIC.