Protonym: Solenopsis (Crateropsis) elmenteitae
Authorship Patrizi, 1948: 176, figs. 1, 2
Forms s.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality KENYA
Primary type information Type-material: holotype phragmotic major worker. Type-locality: Kenya: (Lake) Elmenteita, 20.xii.1945 (S. Patrizi). Type-depository: IEUB.
Type notes Patrizi, 1948: 176, states that the holotype is a queen (“femmina”), adding “maschio ed operaia ignoti”. The specimen described is actually a phragmotic major worker.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Carebara elmenteitae Species Valid
Solenopsis elmenteitae Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Carebara elmenteitae (Patrizi, 1948)
Original combination