Protonym: Monomorium burchera
Authorship Heterick, 2001: 421, figs. 45, 97, 104
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA
Etymology Littauer, 2025: Table 1: Burchera is the original spelling, a latinized eponymic surname treated as a noun in apposition (Art. 11.9.1). This was not a lapsus, and later corrections to burcherae are unjustified (Art. 32.5).
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales, Mebbin SF, 15 mi. SW Murwillumbah, 600 ft (B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 7 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 15 mi. W Murwillumbah, A352. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Chelaner burchera Species Valid
Chelaner burcherae Species Unavailable misspelling
a misspelling of Chelaner burchera (Heterick, 2001)
Monomorium burchera Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Chelaner burchera (Heterick, 2001)
Original combination