Protonym: Aenictus hoelldobleri
Authorship Staab, 2015: 142, figs. 3D, 4C, 5A-D
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality CHINA (Jiangxi)
Etymology The species epithet is a patronym in honor of the great German myrmecologist Berthold ‘Bert’ Hölldobler and his invaluable and outstanding contributions to our understanding of ant societies.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Jiangxi Prov., nr Xingangshan, ca 15 km. SE Wuyuan, 29°4’39’’N, 117°55’20’’E, 300 m., 6.vii.2013, MS1647, hand collection, on ground (M. Staab). Primary type depository: IZAS.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, HLMD, IZAS, MNHU. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0914931 to CASENT0914933.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aenictus hoelldobleri Species Valid Original combination