Protonym: Ponera pilosula
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 95
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL
Primary type information Type-material: 2 syntype workers. Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data). Type-depository: BMNH.
Type notes A remounted worker in BMNH is labelled “type” and has a red disc. Apart from this the specimen has only a square of yellow paper and the label “Smith coll. Presented by Mrs Farren White.” A second worker, that has not been remounted, has the same labels but lacks the “type” disc, and has a white rectangular label “Frstrm.” Type-locality given by Smith is merely “Brazil.” This is absent from both specimens. It is perhaps best to regard both specimens as syntypes.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Platythyrea pilosula Species Valid
Ponera pilosula Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Platythyrea pilosula (Smith, 1858)
Original combination