Protonym: Polyrhachis defensus
Authorship Smith, 1857a: 59
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SINGAPORE, INDONESIA (Java)
Primary type information Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 1 worker Singapore: (no further data), “SING. 9” (A.R. Wallace), 1 worker Indonesia: Java (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: OXUM.
Type notes The Singapore worker is in OXUM (as cited by Donisthorpe, 1932c: 445); the Java worker can not be found in BMNH or OXUM (B. Bolton unpublished notes 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Polyrhachis armata defensa Subspecies Valid
Polyrhachis defensa Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Polyrhachis armata defensa Smith, 1857
Original combination
Polyrhachis defensus Species Unavailable misspelling
a misspelling of Polyrhachis defensa Smith, 1857