Protonym: Iridomyrmex leucomelas
Authorship Emery, 1894h: 378 (footnote)
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 81). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (H. von Jhering). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: USNM.
Type notes 1) Other original syntype locality: workers (number not stated) and 1 queen from Brazil: Santa Catarina (J.P. Schmalz). 2) Other paralectotypes probably also in MHNG (Shattuck, 1994: 126), MSNG).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Iridomyrmex leucomelas Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Linepithema leucomelas (Emery, 1894)
Original combination
Linepithema leucomelas Species Valid