Protonym: Formica obscura
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 42
Forms q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Brazil: (no further data). Primary type depository: unknown (“Coll. D. Swainson, Esq.”).
Type notes Presumed lost; the holotype can not be found in BMNH or OXUM (MacKay, 1993b: 80).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Dolichoderus obscurus Species Homonym
homonym replaced by Dolichoderus satanus Bolton, 1995
Formica obscura Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Dolichoderus obscurus (Smith, 1858)
Original combination