Protonym: Odontomachus ruficeps
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 81
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: “New Holl, 44/4”. Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes 1) 1 worker in BMNH confirmed. 2) Smith, 1858a states only “Australia” as type locality but the holotype data label states “O. ruficeps Sm. Type” and “New Holl, 44/4”. BMNH accessions register gives, “1844 no. 4 New Holland n. and nw. coast. Presented by Haslar Hospital. Collected by Bynoe esq. Surgeoan R.N.” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Odontomachus ruficeps Species Valid Original combination