Protonym: Myrmica pertinax
Authorship Smith, 1861b: 46
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDONESIA (Sulawesi)
Primary type information Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tondano, “Tond.” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depositories: BMNH, OXUM.
Type notes 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468, cites 1 worker in OXUM. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 3 worker syntypes (1 BMNH, 2 OXUM); each syntype has the letter “d” on the bottom left corner of its card mount.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myrmica pertinax Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Vollenhovia pertinax (Smith, 1861)
Original combination
Vollenhovia pertinax Species Valid