Protonym: Cerapachys nayana
Authorship Bharti & Akbar, 2013a: 90, figs. 3B, 4B, 17-22, table 1
Forms w. eq.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDIA (Kerala, Karnataka)
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Kerala, Silent Valley Nat. Park, 11°5’N, 76°26’E, 897 m., 25.ix.2011, hand picking (S.A. Akbar) Type-depository: PUAC.
Secondary type information Paratype-material: 10 paratype workers, 4 paratype ergatoid queens. Paratype-locality: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen with same data as for holotype, 6 paratype workers, 2 paratype ergatoid queens Karnataka, Gundlupet, 11°8’N, 76°68’E, 800 m., 27.ix.2010 (S.A. Akbar), 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen Kerala, Periyar Tiger Reserve, 9°46’N, 77°14’E, 1005 m., 10.x.2011 (S.A. Akbar). Paratype-depositories: BMNH, PUAC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cerapachys nayana Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Lioponera nayana (Bharti & Akbar, 2013)
Original combination
Lioponera nayana Species Valid