Protonym: Ponera sorghi
Authorship Roger, 1863a: 169
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SUDAN
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Sudan: “Afrika, vom weissen fluss” (= White Nile), “in den Saaman von Sorghum Durra” (no collector’s name) (received from Gredler). Primary type depository: MNHU.
Type notes 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Mayr, 1863a: 450, merely says “Afrika”; Emery, 1911e: 84, has “Sudan”; Wheeler, 1922: 777, has “Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Sennar”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Brachyponera sorghi Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)
Pachycondyla sorghi Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Brachyponera sorghi (Roger, 1863)
Ponera sorghi Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Brachyponera sorghi (Roger, 1863)
Original combination