Protonym: Orectognathus hystrix
Authorship Taylor & Lowery, 1972: 307, pl. 1
Forms w.m.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Morobe District, 6.4 km. S of Bulolo, near Bulolo River, ca 610 m., 15.xii.1967 (B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 15 paratype workers, 2 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 12 paratype workers, 2 paratype males with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Morobe District, 8 km. E of Bulolo, ca 1060 m., 19.xii.1970, 4.30-5.30 pm (B.B. Lowery); 1 paratype worker Morobe District, ca 13 km. W of Bulolo, 760 m., 22.xii.1970 (B.B. Lowery). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, DASF, DFBC, MCZC, MHNG.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Orectognathus hystrix Species Valid Original combination