Protonym: Iridomyrmex melleus var. dominicensis
Authorship Wheeler, 1913e: 242
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality DOMINICA
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 68). Primary type locality: lectotype Dominica: Long Ditton, nr Roseau (F.E. Lutz) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 125; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 10 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.
Type notes 1) Other original syntype locality: Dominica: Laudet (no collector’s name; perhaps F.E. Lutz). 2) Shattuck, 1994: 126, cites 25 worker syntypes (10 MCZC, 15 USNM).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Iridomyrmex melleus dominicensis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Linepithema melleus dominicensis (Wheeler, 1913)
Original combination
Linepithema melleus dominicensis Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)