Protonym: Myrmelachista (Decamera) catharinae var. petropolitana
Authorship Santschi, 1936b: 204
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis (no collector’s name; perhaps T. Borgmeier). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912339.
Type notes Santschi, 1936b: 204, indicates: "Je possède un exemplaire, déterminé par le R. P. Borgmeier...". However, MZSP houses another worker labeled as cotype by Borgmeier (MZSP0083659).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myrmelachista catharinae petropolitana Subspecies Valid Original combination