Protonym: Odontomachus saevissimus
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 80, pl. 5, fig. 10
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality INDONESIA (Seram)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: “Ceram 55/8” (= Seram I.) (I. Pfeiffer). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900658.
Type notes 1) BMNH accessions register gives, “1855 no. 8 (March 7) Ceram & Amboina. Purchased of S. Stevens. Collected by Madame Ida Pfeiffer during her recent travels”. 2) 1 queen in OXUM (Donisthorpe, 1932c: 461), labelled “Bac” (= Bacan I.) is not type material (locality incorrect), but the queen is probably the one referred to by Smith, 1860b: 102 (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Odontomachus saevissimus Species Valid Original combination