Protonym: Ocymyrmex carpenteri
Authorship Donisthorpe, 1933b: 195
Forms eq.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality BOTSWANA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: Botswana (“Bechuanaland”): Ngamiland, xi.1930-i.1931 (G.D.H. Carpenter). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900397.
Type notes Holotype is an ergatoid queen, not a worker as stated in the original description (Bolton, 1981b: 275).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Ocymyrmex carpenteri Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Ocymyrmex picardi Forel, 1901
Original combination