Protonym: Euponera (Mesoponera) pulchella
Authorship Donisthorpe, 1941c: 133
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Indonesia)
Primary type information Type-material: 2 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens. Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Cyclops Mts, Mt Lina, 3500 ft, iii.1936, in rotten wood (L.E. Cheesman). Type-depository: BMNH.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Euponera pulchella Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Mesoponera pulchella (Donisthorpe, 1941)
Original combination
Mesoponera pulchella Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Mesoponera papuana (Viehmeyer, 1914)