Protonym: Dorymyrmex flavus
Authorship McCook, 1880: 186
Forms w.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Texas)
Primary type information Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1995a: 6). Primary type locality: neotype U.S.A.: Texas, Ward County, 21 mi. W Monahans, 6.vi.1979 (O.F. Francke, J.V. Moody & F.W. Merickel). Primary type depository: USNM.
Type notes 1) Snelling, 1995a also nominated 91 workers, 8 queens, 3 males as “neoparatypes”, a category not recognised by ICZN. 2) An earlier lectotype designation by Johnson, 1989b: 188, was made redundant by Snelling, 1995a: 6. 3) Original syntype data: workers, queens, males (numbers not stated), U.S.A.: “Southern States” (no further data) (H.C. McCook).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Dorymyrmex flavus Species Valid Original combination
Dorymyrmex pyramicus flavus Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Dorymyrmex flavus McCook, 1880