Protonym: Formica nitida
Authorship Smith, 1859a: 138
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDONESIA (Aru Is)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901907
Type notes Bolton’s notes on Wallace type material (unpublished) say: “There is no locality label on the specimen (may have been lost) but Smith gives “Aru” in the original description. The specimen has both Smith and Donisthorpe det. labels”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus nitidus Species Valid
Colobopsis nitida Species Obsolete combination
unresolved junior homonym, an obsolete combination of Camponotus nitidus (Smith, 1859)
Formica nitida Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus nitidus (Smith, 1859)
Original combination