Protonym: Plectroctena caffra r. major
Authorship Forel, 1894b: 74
Forms eq.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality MOZAMBIQUE
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen (not a worker as in original description (Emery, 1899d: 469; Arnold, 1915: 86)). Primary type locality: Mozambique: Delagoa (P. Berthoud). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907335.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Plectroctena caffra major Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, 1858
Original combination