Protonym: Ponera spiniventris
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 92
Forms m.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SIERRA LEONE
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (D.F. Morgan). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900681.
Type notes Smith, 1858a: 92, states, “In all probability this is the male of Paltothyreus pestilentia.”
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Paltothyreus spiniventris Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
Ponera spiniventris Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Paltothyreus spiniventris (Smith, 1858)
Original combination