Protonym: Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) swammerdami
Authorship Forel, 1886c: cvi
Forms w.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Etymology The specific epithet is a patronym referring to the Dutch biologist Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680), who carried out the first systematic anatomical studies of social insects. Swammerdam never visited Madagascar.
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Madagscar: (no further data) (A. Grandidier). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101074.
Type notes Csősz et al., 2021: 26, report that syntypes bear the locality data ‘Pays Bara (Thosi)’.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aphaenogaster swammerdami Species Valid Original combination
Deromyrma swammerdami Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Aphaenogaster swammerdami Forel, 1886