Protonym: Atta capensis
Authorship Mayr, 1862: 743
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Bolton, 1982: 345). Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope, ā€œDā€ (Novara Expd.) (sent by R. von Frauenfeld). Primary type depository: NHMW. Primary type specimen: CASENT0916075 (lectotype).
Type notes Original description implies more than one specimen.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Atta capensis Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor capensis (Mayr, 1862)
Original combination
Messor barbarus capensis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor capensis (Mayr, 1862)
Messor capensis Species Valid
Stenamma barbarum capense Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor capensis (Mayr, 1862)