Protonym: Formica villosa
Authorship Fabricius, 1804: 409
Forms q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality SURINAME
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Fernandes et al., 2014: 155). Primary type locality: Suriname: Essequibo. Primary type depository: ZMUC.
Type notes 1) Fernandes et al., 2014: 155, report that data on the specimen is, “Essequibo, Smidt, Mus. Sehestedt”. Original description has (in full), “Habitat in America meridionali Dom. Smidt. Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt”, without indication of caste of specimen. Essequibo is most probably the old name for part of Suriname, rather than the river of that name. 2) Zimsen, 1964: 426, reports 2 specimens in ZMUC, 1 in ZMUK.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica villosa Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)
Original combination
Neoponera villosa Species Valid
Pachycondyla villosa Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)