Protonym: Monomorium drapenum
Authorship Bolton, 1987: 342, fig. 48
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality NAMIBIA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Namibia: Namib Desert, 23°04’S, 15°36’E, sample P 18, 1984, pitfall (A.C. Marsh). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902201.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 29 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 6 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 23°06’S, 15°13’E, sample P 15, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 23°04’S, 15°36’E, sample P 14, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 23°04’S, 15°36’E, sample P 22, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 23°06’S, 15°18’E, sample P 23, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 23°06’S, 15°24’E, sample P 24, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 23°06’S, 15°24’E, sample P 25. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.
Type notes This taxon is Monomorium sp. E in Marsh, 1986b: 339.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Monomorium drapenum Species Valid Original combination