Protonym: Ponera transversa
Authorship Smith, 1857a: 68
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SINGAPORE
Primary type information Type-material: 4 syntype workers. Type-locality: Singapore: “SINC. 55/9” (A.R. Wallace). Type-depository: BMNH.
Type notes 1) BMNH Accessions Register says of these specimens: “1855 no. 9. Singapore (Malacca). Purchased of Stevens. Collected by Mr Alfred Wallace.” 2) A worker in OXUM, labelled “Sing. 5,” has been indicated as type by Donisthorpe, 1932c: 448. This does not appear to belong to the same series as the BMNH specimens and is provisionally excluded from the syntype series.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Odontoponera transversa Species Valid
Ponera transversa Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Odontoponera transversa (Smith, 1857)
Original combination