Protonym: Plagiolepis balestrierii
Authorship Menozzi, 1939a: 310, figs. 11, 12
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDIA (Jammu and Kashmir)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: workers India: Kurgil, 2700 m., 1929, (Duco di Spoleto Italian Expd.) (no collector’s name), queen India: confluence of Biaho and Braldo, 2350 m., 1029, (Duco di Spoleto Italian Expd.) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MSNM (perhaps also IEUB).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Plagiolepis balestrierii Species Valid Original combination