Protonym: Formica bombycina
Authorship Roger, 1859: 232, pl. 7, fig. 1
Forms s.w.q.m.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality LIBYA, EGYPT, SUDAN
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: “Tripolis, Aegypten, Nubien und am rothen Meer” (= Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Red Sea) (Schaum, Ehrenberg, and Sichel). Primary type depository: MNHU (perhaps also DEIB, MNHN, ZSBS).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cataglyphis bombycina Species Valid
Formica bombycina Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cataglyphis bombycina (Roger, 1859)
Original combination
Myrmecocystus bombycinus Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cataglyphis bombycina (Roger, 1859)