Protonym: Formica badia
Authorship Smith, 1857a: 54
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SINGAPORE
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Laciny et al., 2018: 24). Primary type locality: lectotype Singapore: (no further data), “Sing. 6” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901897 (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, “Sar. 32” (A.R. Wallace). Secondary type depository: OXUM.
Type notes 1) Smith, 1858a: 22, implies that all material is in “Coll. W.W. Saunders, Esq.” (= OXUM). 2) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443, cites only 1 worker, certainly in error as Smith, 1857a gave two localities. 3) 3 minor worker syntypes present in OXUM (Bolton unpublished notes 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus badius Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Colobopsis badia (Smith, 1857)
Colobopsis badia Species Valid
Formica badia Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Colobopsis badia (Smith, 1857)
Original combination