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Taxon Reports Style: Checklist Catalogue Monograph Field Guide Orectognathus elegantulus Taylor, 1977 Orectognathus elegantulus Taylor, R. W. (1977). New ants of the Australasian genus Orectognathus, with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology. 25 : 581–612 [p. 589]. Type Material Holotype, Lamington National Park, Queensland (ANIC (Canberra): worker (32-017824)). Paratype, Dorrigo National Park, New South Wales (ANIC (Canberra): 1 worker, 1 queen (32-010815)). Paratype, Lamington National Park, Queensland (ANIC (Canberra): 1 worker (32-010814)). Paratype, Lamington National Park, Queensland (QM (Brisbane): 1 worker).