Protonym: Monomorium draculai
Authorship Heterick, 2001: 423, figs. 47, 86, 88
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (Queensland)
Etymology The specific eponymic name draculai "related to Dracula" is a noun and can not be changed (Art. 31.2.1) (Littauer, 2025: Table 1).
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, 2.5 km. N Mt Lewis via Julatten, 1040 m., 3.xi.1983, pyrethrum knockdown, R.F., ANIC ants vial 40-213 (D.K. Yeates & G.I. Thompson). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers Queensland, Mt Lewis, 2000 ft, 6.viii.1975, on tree (B.B. Lowery). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Chelaner draculai Species Valid
Monomorium draculai Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Chelaner draculai (Heterick, 2001)
Original combination