Protonym: Ponera maxillosa
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 93
Forms w.m.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MAURITIUS
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 111). Primary type locality: lectotype Mauritius: 57/140 (Beke). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102266 (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes 1) BMNH accessions register gives: “1857 no. 140. Mauritius. Purchased of Dr Beke”. 2) 3 more workers and 1 more male from the original syntype series are present in BMNH (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptogenys maxillosa Species Valid
Ponera maxillosa Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Leptogenys maxillosa (Smith, 1858)
Original combination