Protonym: Formica pyrrhocephala
Authorship Motschoulsky, 1863: 11
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): vic. Colombo (V. de Motschoulsky). Primary type depository: unknown (possibly ZMUM).
Type notes No indication of number of specimens is given.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus pyrrhocephala Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
Formica pyrrhocephala Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus pyrrhocephala (Motschoulsky, 1863)
Original combination