Protonym: Plectroctena mandibularis
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 101, pl. 7, figs. 1-5
Forms eq.m.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: 1 syntype ergatoid queen (not worker as in original description (Emery, 1899d: 469 (footnote); Bolton, 1974c: 330), 1 syntype male. Primary type locality: South Africa: Durban (= Port Natal) (Gueinzius). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902467.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Plectroctena mandibularis Species Valid Original combination