Protonym: Myrmecocystus melliger
Authorship Forel, 1886h: 201
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality MEXICO (Mexico City)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 34). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Mexico City (Flohr). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MHNG.
Type notes This taxon is based on Myrmecocystus melligera Llave, 1832, sensu Forel, 1886h: 201, misidentification.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myrmecocystus melliger Species Valid Original combination