Protonym: Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) keratifera
Authorship Karavaiev, 1927f: 39, fig. 17
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality INDONESIA (Ambon)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Indonesia: Amboina (= Ambon I.), 23.ii.1913, no. 2505 (W. Karawajew). Primary type depositories: NMAS, SIZK. Primary type specimens: CASENT0917199 (w.), CASENT0917200 (q.).
Type notes 1) Kostyuk, 1976: 102, cites 25 worker, 5 queen syntypes in SIZK. 2) Martynov & Radchenko, 2016: 250, cite 4 worker, 1 queen syntypes in NMAS (plus 60 workers, 5 queens in alcohol). 3) Radchenko et al., 2025: 488, cite 22 syntype workers, 5 syntype queens in SIZK.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Polyrhachis keratifera Species Valid Original combination