Protonym: Centromyrmex congolensis
Authorship Weber, 1949b: 5, figs. 3, 4
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Niangara, 1.iii.1948 (AMNH Central Africa Expd.), just beneath soil surface under a thin cover of dead leaves (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: unknown (not in AMNH or MCZC, presumed lost (Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 23)).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Centromyrmex congolensis Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896
Original combination