Protonym: Metapone madagascarica
Authorship Gregg, 1958: 111, fig. 1
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Madagascar: 15 km. E Tulear [-23.290429, 43.795850], 7.vi.1935, "in stump with T-4403" (H. Kirby?). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information Paratype-material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen (+ 3 queen pupae). Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: LACM, USNM. Paratype-specimen: CASENT0172254 (recorded on AntWeb as owned by ANIC).
Type notes Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 509, report the holotype as in MCZC, but Gregg stated that the holotype was in his own collection, which now mostly (?) resides in FMNH.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Metapone madagascarica Species Valid Original combination