Protonym: Metapone johni
| Authorship | Karavaiev, 1933b: 115, fig. 10 |
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| Forms | w.q.m. |
| Bioregion | Indomalaya |
| Locality | SRI LANKA |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 514). Primary type locality: lectotype Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Hantana [07°19’N, 80°34’E], 3000-4000 ft, 2.xii.1912, no. 4238 (O. John). Primary type depository: SIZK. |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: SIZK. |
| Type notes | 1) Kostyuk, 1976: 94, cites 3 worker, 5 queen, 1 male syntypes in SIZK. 2) The male syntype included in the original description is not mentioned by Taylor & Alpert, 2016. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Metapone johni | Species |
Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Metapone greeni Forel, 1911
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Original combination |