Protonym: Xymmer paniscus
Authorship Hamer et al., 2025: 489, figs. 5, 6
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Etymology Named for the endangered Bonobo apes (Pan paniscus Schwarz, 1929) that inhabit the forest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: [Tshuapa], Salonga National Park, -1.7477 20.6803, 362 masl, 15.xii.2022, pitfall trap BINCO_DRC_22_0303_2 (B. Pett). Primary type depository: RBINS. Primary type specimen: DRC-PNS-132, RBINFOR1000800.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Xymmer paniscus Species Valid Original combination