''Anonychomyrma polita'' is a species of

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

in the genus ''

Anonychomyrma ''Anonychomyrma'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Distribution and habitat The genus is mainly distributed in New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia; a single species is known from Malaysia and Indonesia. They nest on the ...

''. Described by Stitz in 1912, the species is endemic to

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

.Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus ''Iridomyrmex'' Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ''J. Aust. Entomol. Soc.'' 31: 13-18

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Anonychomyrma Insects of Indonesia Insects described in 1912 {{Dolichoderinae-stub