Protonym: Simopelta oculata
Authorship Gotwald & Brown, 1967: 267, figs. 1-14
Forms w.q.l.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality COSTA RICA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Limon Prov., nr Guapiles, nr bridge over Rio Toro Amarillo (N. Scott & W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 42 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, MCZC, MZSP, NHMB.
Type notes Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 135, cites 2 worker paratypes in NHMB.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Simopelta oculata Species Valid Original combination