Protonym: Euponera (Mesoponera) ingesta
Authorship Wheeler, 1922: 82, fig. 14
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Primary type information Primary type material: 9 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 6 workers Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Akenge, “from stomachs of toads (Bufo funereus and polycercus)” (H.O. Lang) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 776; no lectotype designated), 1 worker Democratic Republic of the Congo: Niapu, “toad’s stomach (B. polycercus)” (H.O. Lang), 1 worker Democratic Republic of the Congo: Faradje (H.O. Lang), 1 worker Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lubila (H.O. Lang). Primary type depositories: MCZC, NHMB.
Type notes Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 135, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Euponera ingesta Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Mesoponera ingesta (Wheeler, 1922)
Original combination
Mesoponera ingesta Species Valid