''Philidris brunnea'' 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 ''

Philidris ''Philidris'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus is known from tropical forests from eastern India to northern Australia. It is similar to the genus ''Iridomyrmex'', from where the type species was transferred from by S ...

''. Described by Donisthorpe in 1949, the species is endemic to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

.Donisthorpe, H. 1949b

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A fifth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History''. 12 (1): 487-506 (page 504, worker described)

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Dolichoderinae Insects described in 1949 Hymenoptera of Asia Insects of New Guinea Endemic fauna of New Guinea {{Dolichoderinae-stub