Protonym: Metapone philwardi
Authorship Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 530, figs. 101-105
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea)
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Iora Creek, 17 km. S Kokoda [8°52′S, 147°44′E], 1400 m., 5.viii.1976, no. 1826, rotten log, montane rainforest (P.S. Ward). Type-depository: ANIC. Type-specimen: ANIC-32-069964.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Metapone philwardi Species Valid Original combination