Protonym: Ponera carbonaria
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 97
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality ECUADOR
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ecuador: “South America”, Quito, “79/22” (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 228, designate a lectotype and a paralectotype based on material in NHMW, but the sole original specimen appears to be the single worker in BMNH (= holotype).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Neoponera carbonaria Species Valid
Ponera carbonaria Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Neoponera carbonaria (Smith, 1858)
Original combination