Protonym: Wheeleripone aterrima
Authorship Mann, 1921: 411, fig. 2
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Oceania
Locality FIJI IS (Viti Levu)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 41). Primary type locality: lectotype Fiji Is: Viti Levu, Waiyanitu, 1915-16 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 12 paralectotype workers, 5 paralectotype queens, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.
Type notes Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 41, indicate that specimens from Kadavu and Vanua Ava bear red “cotype” labels but are not original syntypes.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Gnamptogenys aterrima Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Holcoponera aterrima (Mann, 1921)
Holcoponera aterrima Species Valid
Wheeleripone aterrima Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Holcoponera aterrima (Mann, 1921)
Original combination