Protonym: Formica gibbosa
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 19
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Amazonas)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Ega (= Amazonas, Tefé) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes 1) Original description merely says “Hab. India ?”. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 62, cites 6 worker syntypes in BMNH (“2 from Ind ?, 2 from Ega, Brazil, and 2 without locality data”).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Dolichoderus gibbosus Species Homonym
homonym replaced by Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus (Roger, 1862)
Formica gibbosa Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Dolichoderus gibbosus (Smith, 1858)
Original combination