Protonym: Leptomyrmex niger
Authorship Emery, 1900b: 333, pl. 8, figs. 3, 4
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Lucky & Ward, 2010: 40). Primary type locality: lectotype Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): (no further data) (L. Biró). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, MSNG, USNM (probably also HNHM).
Type notes Shattuck, 1994: 119, cites 9 worker syntypes (1 MCZC, 5 MHNG, 3 USNM).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptomyrmex niger Species Valid Original combination