Protonym: Terataner balrog
Authorship Hita Garcia, 2017: 12, figs 1, 3B, 3D, 4–7, S1, S1
Forms w.eq.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Madagascar: Mahajanga, Parc Nat. Tsingy de Bemaraha, 2.5 km. 62° ENE Bekopaka, Ankidrodroa River, -19.13222°, 44.81467°, 100 m., BLF04340, 11.xi.2001, tropical dry forest on tsingy, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) (B.L. Fisher, et al.). Type-depository: CASC. Type-specimen: CASENT0472559.
Secondary type information Paratype-material: 42 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Paratype-locality: 25 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen with same data as holotype or BLF04373, rotten tree stump, 17 paratype workers Parc Nat. Tsingy de Bemaraha, 3.4 km. 93° E Bekopaka, Tombeau Vazimba, -19.14194°, 44.828°, 50 m., BLF04238, BLF04283, BLF04296, 6.xi.2001, tropical dry forest (B.L. Fisher, et al.). Paratype-depositories: BMNH, CASC, HLMD, MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Terataner balrog Species Valid Original combination