Protonym: Formica bidens
| Authorship | Linnaeus, 1758: 581 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Neotropic |
| Locality | SOUTH AMERICA |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: South America: ("Habitat in America meridionali Rolander.") (no further data). Primary type depository: unknown (if material survives then presumably ZMLS). |
| Type notes | 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) De Geer, 1773: 600, says “found in Suriname by M. Rolander”; Fabricius, 1782: 492, Gmelin, 1790: 2801, Fabricius, 1793: 360, Latreille, 1802a: 178, and Kempf, 1972b: 119, all give this type locality. 3) Day & Fitton, 1978: 196, record it as absent from LSLC. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Dolichoderus bidens | Species | Valid | |
| Formica bidens | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Dolichoderus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Original combination |