Ooceraea papuana Emery, 1897c: 594, pl. 15, figs. 42-43 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Hansemann Mts (L. Biró), Papua New Guinea: Berlinhafen (= Aitepe) (L. Biró). Primary type depositories: HNHM, MSNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0903779, CASENT0922422.