Protonym: Iridomyrmex nitidus r. oceanicus
| Authorship | Forel, 1901c: 20 |
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| Forms | w.q.m. |
| Bioregion | Australasia |
| Locality | NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain I., Ralum (F. Dahl). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, OXUM. |
| Type notes | 1) In the original description Forel, 1901c: 21, records that nests with alate queens and males were dated 1.vi.1896, 4.vii.1896, 18.vii.1896, and 20.x.1896. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 76, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB. 3) Shattuck, 1994: 134, cites 36 worker, 12 queen, 18 male syntypes (32w, 12q, 18m MHNG, 3w NHMB, 1w OXUM). |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Iridomyrmex nitidus oceanicus | Subspecies |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Papyrius nitidus oceanicus (Forel, 1901)
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Original combination |
| Papyrius nitidus oceanicus | Subspecies | Valid |