Protonym: Formica erythrocephala
Authorship Fabricius, 1775: 391
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (New South Wales)
Primary type information Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30). Primary type locality: neotype Australia: New South Wales, 5 km. SSW Blackheath (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Type notes Original type data: Australia: (no further data), “habitat in nova Hollandia. Mus. Banks”. Not in BMNH (nor ZMUC, ZMUK) (Zimsen, 1964: 427); not in BMNH, HMUG, ZMUC (Lucky & Ward, 2010: 31).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica erythrocephala Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Original combination
Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus Species Valid