Authorship |
Weber, 1949b:
2, fig.
|
Forms |
w.q. |
Bioregion |
Afrotropic |
Locality |
KENYA |
Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Kenya: ca 01°38’S, 35°17’E, 5.ii.1948, high east African plains, densely wooded donga or ravine, floor cover of leaves and humus, 5500-5800 ft (1670 to 1770 m), (AMNH Central Africa Expd.) (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: AMNH. |
Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: Kenya: Nairobi, [-1.317, 36.763, ca. 1750 m], 1945 (S. Patrizi). Secondary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type specimen: MCZ_Type_32184. |
Type notes |
Hita Garcia et al., 2019: 59, write, “holotype presumed lost, not at MCZC”; but in the original description Weber, 1949b states that the holotype is deposited in AMNH. |