Protonym: Formica ovata
Authorship Reich, 1793: 132
Forms no sex/caste given
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality FRENCH GUIANA
Primary type information Primary type material: indeterminate. Primary type locality: French Guiana: Cayenne (Le Blond). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
Type notes 1) Specimen(s) possibly in MNHN as Reich is attributed to the Natural History Society of Paris. 2) G.C. Reich is not mentioned in Horn & Kahle, 1935, Horn & Kahle, 1937. 3) Emery, 1892c: 163, Emery, 1893m: 203 (footnote), and Emery, 1911e: 71, suggest possible synonymy with Neoponera commutata Roger, 1860.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica ovata Species Unidentifiable Original combination