AntCat
Protonym: Overbeckia subclavata
Authorship Viehmeyer, 1916a: 152, figs. 11, 12
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SINGAPORE
Etymology Viehmeyer does not explain the reasoning for the species name, but this likely refers to the club-shaped anterior part of antennae, mentioned in the original description (‘Geißel gegen Ende verdickt’: funinculus enlarged towards the tip). (Source: Klimeš et al., 2022: 565.)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Singapore: 1°17′35.0″N, 103°51′21.0″E, 1915, nests in dry, narrow, hollow bamboo, colony in the hollow branch of a mango tree. Primary type depositories: DEIC, MCZC, MSNG, NHMB, ZMHB. Primary type specimens: workers: CASENT0101191, CASENT0101192, FOCOL0130, FOCOL2567, FOCOL2568, CASENT0178502; queen: FOCOL2566; males: FOCOL2564, FOCOL2565, CASENT0905180. (Source: Klimeš et al., 2022: 565.)
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Overbeckia subclavata Species Valid Original combination