Protonym: Cataulacus parallelus
Authorship Smith, 1853: 226, pl. 19, fig. 6
Forms q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA (locality in error)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: OXUM.
Type notes 1) Smith, 1853 says “I have only seen the specimen in my own Collection". 2) Either the type locality is incorrect or the specimen has been incorrectly labelled; distribution of the species is forested West and Central Africa (Bolton, 1974a: 55).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cataulacus parallelus Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Cataulacus guineensis Smith, 1853
Original combination