Protonym: Odontomachus insularis
Authorship Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 423
Forms w.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality CUBA
Etymology From the Latin word insularis = of/from islands; referring to the type locality of this species.
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1976c: 135). Primary type locality: Cuba: (no further data). Primary type depository: MNHN.
Type notes 1) Guérin-Méneville, 1844a also describes a syntype male. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 99, Guérin’s Hymenoptera material was split between MNHN, MSNG, and ZSBS, but some are also present in NNML. 3) França et al., 2024: 113, cites paralectotypes in ZSMC, including a queen, a caste not mentioned in the original description: GBIF-D/FoCol0683, FOCOL0683 (1 queen); GBIF-D/FoCol0684, FOCOL0684-1 (1 worker); GBIF-D/FoCol0684, FOCOL0684-2 (1 worker).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Odontomachus haematodus insularis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Odontomachus insularis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Odontomachus insularis Species Valid Original combination