Protonym: Ponera nitida
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 92
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban), 56/63 (Plant). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902578.
Type notes 1) BMNH accessions register gives: “1856 no. 63 (May 24). Port Natal. Purchased from Stevens. Collected by Mr Plant.” (data on the stage card and also on a separate data disc). 2) 5 worker syntypes in BMNH (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptogenys nitida Species Homonym
homonym replaced by Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902
Ponera nitida Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Leptogenys nitida (Smith, 1858)
Original combination