Protonym: Formica bicornis
Authorship Foerster, 1850a: 41
Forms q.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality GERMANY
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Germany: vic. Aachen (A. Foerster). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
Type notes 1) According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 78, Foerster’s formicid types are in MNHU. 2) Wilson, 1955a: 185, says there is no type material in MNHU or NHMW. 3) Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 271, state that “According to our own search in German collections type material of Förster is completely destroyed”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Acanthomyops bicornis Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)
Formica bicornis Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)
Original combination
Lasius bicornis Species Valid