Protonym: Melophorus turneri subsp. perthensis
Authorship Wheeler, 1934d: 152
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (Western Australia)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “several”). Primary type locality: Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Kings Park, xii.1931 (Glauert), and Western Australia, Rottnest I. (no further data). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes Heterick et al., 2017: 293, include both localities, but Wheeler, 1934d: 153, cites Kings Park as the type locality.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Melophorus perthensis Species Valid
Melophorus turneri perthensis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Melophorus perthensis Wheeler, 1934
Original combination