Protonym: Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. orbiceps
Authorship Wheeler, 1908g: 349, fig. 3
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Texas)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 38). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Texas, Bull Creek, nr Austin (C.T. Brues, A.L. Melander & W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: AMNH.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecocystus melliger Forel, 1886
Original combination