Protonym: Polyrhachis aciculatus
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 70, pl. 4, figs. 17, 18
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality PHILIPPINES
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Philippines: (no further data). Primary type depository: unknown (apparently lost).
Type notes 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) From Smith, 1858a’s description and figures Echinopla striata aciculata appears to be correctly placed in Echinopla, but no specimen that is undoubtedly type material can be found, either at BMNH or at OXUM (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Echinopla striata aciculata Subspecies Valid
Polyrhachis aciculatus Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Echinopla striata aciculata (Smith, 1858)
Original combination