Protonym: Phyracaces dumbletoni
| Authorship | Wilson, 1957a: 5, fig. |
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| Forms | w.eq. |
| Bioregion | Australasia |
| Locality | NEW CALEDONIA |
| Etymology | This species is named after Mr. L. J. Dumbleton, formerly economic entomologist for the South Pacific Commission, and an expert student of the New Caledonian insect fauna. |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: New Caledonia: Chapeau Gendarme (nr Yahoué), 5-7.xii.1954, no. 65 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC. |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “a long series”), 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type localities: paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker New Caledonia: Mt Mou, 10-12.xii.1954 (E.O. Wilson), paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen New Caledonia: Ciu, nr Mt Canala, xii.1954-i.1955, no. 245 (E.O. Wilson). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0902763. |
| Type notes | 1) Ergatoid queen lost (Wilson, 1957a: 7); Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 125, cites 3 worker paratypes in NHMB. 2) Collection dates from Wilson, 1958c: 107-109. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Cerapachys dumbletoni | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Lioponera dumbletoni (Wilson, 1957)
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| Lioponera dumbletoni | Species | Valid | |
| Phyracaces dumbletoni | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Lioponera dumbletoni (Wilson, 1957)
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Original combination |