Protonym: Psalidomyrmex wheeleri
Authorship Santschi, 1923e: 263
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Primary type information Primary type material: 9 syntype workers. Primary type localities: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Niapu, stomach Bufo polycercus (H.O. Lang); Democratic Republic of the Congo: Medje, stomach Bufo cinereus (H.O. Lang); Medje, stomach Bufo superciliaris (H.O. Lang); Medje, stomach Bufo cinereus (H.O. Lang); Democratic Republic of the Congo: Akenge, stomach Bufo polycercus (H.O. Lang); Democratic Republic of the Congo: Benziville (no collector’s name). Primary type depositories: AMNH, BMNH, MCZC, MRAC, NHMB, SAMC. Primary type specimen: SAM-ENT-11553.
Type notes 1) This taxon is based on workers of Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901b, sensu Wheeler, 1922: 90, misidentification. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 139, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB (as ‘holotype’). 3) Bolton, 1975b: 14, cites 6 worker syntypes (1 AMNH, 1 BMNH, 2MCZC, 1 MRAC, 1 SAMC).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Psalidomyrmex wheeleri Species Valid Original combination