Protonym: Formica harpax
Authorship Fabricius, 1804: 401
Forms q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality SOUTH AMERICA
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24). Primary type locality: lectotype South America, Essequibo (Smith). Primary type depository: NHMD. Primary type specimen: ZMUC00241591 (lectotype)
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: South America, Neotropic, no accurate locality given, presumably from Essequibo (Fabricius). Secondary type depository: NHMD.
Type notes 1) Roger, 1862c: 288, indicates that the original type material consists of 2 queens. 2) According to Zimsen, 1964: 424, there are 2 specimens in ZMUC, 1 in ZMUK. 3) Original type locality data: none given: “Habitat in America meridionali Dom. Smidt. Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt.”
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica harpax Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius, 1804)
Original combination
Pachycondyla harpax Species Valid