Protonym: Oecophthora ceylonica
Authorship Motschoulsky, 1863: 18
Forms s.w.q.m.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Mts of Nura-Ellia (= Nuwara Eliya), Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Patannas (V. Motschoulsky), Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): vic. Colombo (V. Motschoulsky). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps ZMUM).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Oecophthora ceylonica Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Pheidole ceylonica (Motschoulsky, 1863)
Original combination
Pheidole ceylonica Species Valid