Protonym: Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) brouni subsp. kirki
Authorship Wheeler, 1923f: 184, fig. 4
Forms w.eq.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW ZEALAND
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 1 syntype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: New Zealand: Waitakari Forest, nr Auckland, 5.ix.1914 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC, MZSP.
Type notes Original description cites colony as containing “about 100 individuals”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Acanthoponera brounii kirki Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Heteroponera brounii kirki (Wheeler, 1923)
Original combination
Heteroponera brounii kirki Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Heteroponera brounii (Forel, 1892)