Protonym: Myrmica rugosa var. arisana
Authorship Wheeler, 1930b: 95
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality TAIWAN
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Elmes & Radchenko, 1998: 222) Primary type locality: lectotype Taiwan (“Formosa”): Arisan (= Alishan), 24.iv.1928, no. 48 (R. Takahashi). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes 1) Elmes & Radchenko, 1998: 222, also cite 5 paralectotype workers from the same locality but 20.x.1977 (K. Yamauchi); only Takahashi material is mentioned in the original description. 2) Only a single paralectotype is listed by Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 92.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myrmica arisana Species Valid
Myrmica rugosa arisana Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Myrmica arisana Wheeler, 1930
Original combination