Protonym: Iridomyrmex sororis
Authorship Mann, 1921: 469, fig. 26
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Oceania
Locality FIJI IS (Viti Levu)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “a large series”). Primary type locality: Fiji Is: Viti Levu, Nadarivatu, 1915-16 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depositories: LACM, MCZC, USNM.
Type notes 1) Shattuck, 1994: 133, cites 20 worker, 1 queen, 1 male syntypes (3w MCZC, 17w, 1q, 1m USNM). 2) Shattuck, 1994 also cites numerous specimens that bear red “cotype” labels but are not from the type-series (this information is repeated by Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 34).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Iridomyrmex sororis Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Ochetellus sororis (Mann, 1921)
Original combination
Ochetellus sororis Species Valid