Protonym: Myrmecia hastata
| Authorship | Fabricius, 1804: 426 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Neotropic |
| Locality | SOUTH AMERICA |
| Etymology | From the Latin word hasta = spear; probably referring to the slender body, and the pedunculate petiolar node with acute spine, resembling to a spear. |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: South America: (“Habitat in America meridionali Dom. Smidt. Mus. Dom. Lund.”) (no further data). Primary type depositories: ZMHB, ZMUC. Primary type specimen: FOCOL1059. |
| Type notes | 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Zimsen, 1964: 428, cites 2 worker syntypes in ZMUC. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Myrmecia hastata | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Odontomachus hastatus (Fabricius, 1804)
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Original combination |
| Odontomachus hastatus | Species | Valid |