Protonym: Iridomyrmex riograndensis
Authorship Borgmeier, 1928b: 64
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Neu Wuertemberg, x.1914 (E. Garbe). Primary type depositories: MZSP, NHMB, SIZK.
Type notes A lectotype and 7 paralectotype workers designated by Wild, 2007a: 61, bear the data: Rio Grande do Sul, 19.i.1918 (no collector’s name), which does not correspond to Borgmeier’s original type data and casts doubt on the validity of the lectotype designation.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Iridomyrmex riograndensis Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Linepithema riograndensis (Borgmeier, 1928)
Original combination
Linepithema riograndensis Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)