Protonym: Formica carbonaria
Authorship Latreille, 1802a: 114, pl. 3, fig. 8
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality "GRAND INDES"
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: “Grand Indes”: (no further data) (Riche). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps MRSN or MNHN, but probably no longer in existence).
Type notes 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) All authors from Smith, 1858a: 16, have interpreted “Grand Indes” as India, but it may indicate the larger islands of the modern Malaysia + Indonesia.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus carbonarius Species Valid
Formica carbonaria Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus carbonarius (Latreille, 1802)
Original combination