Protonym: Megalomyrmex pusillus
Authorship Forel, 1912h: 15
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (São Paulo)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brandão, 1990b: 453). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Alto da Serra (E.A. Goeldi). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes Brandão, 1990b: 453, points out that the type-locality (Alto da Serra) is in São Paulo state, not Rio de Janeiro as originally stated.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Megalomyrmex pusillus Species Valid Original combination