Protonym: Ponera purpurea
| Authorship | Smith, 1863a: 18 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Australasia |
| Locality | INDONESIA (Halmahera) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Gilolo (= Halmahera), “Gil” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. |
| Type notes | 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 470, cites 1 worker in OXUM; confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978. 2) A second specimen, identical to the holotype and mounted in the same manner, is present in OXUM, but the locality label does not appear to read “Gil.” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978). |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Diacamma purpureum | Species | Valid | |
| Ponera purpurea | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Diacamma purpureum (Smith, 1863)
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Original combination |