Protonym: Pheidole (Pheidole) melanogaster
Authorship Donisthorpe, 1943e: 448
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Indonesia: Waigeu I.)
Primary type information Primary type material: 1 syntype major worker, 1 syntype minor worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“N Dutch New Guinea”), Waigeu I., Camp Nok, 2500 ft, iv.-v.1938 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole melanogaster Species Valid Original combination