Protonym: Polyrhachis valerus
Authorship Smith, 1861b: 40, pl. 1, fig. 10
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDONESIA (Sulawesi)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tondano (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM.
Type notes 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 466, cites 1 worker in OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978) 2) The specimen labelled as holotype by Donisthorpe, 1932c: 466, has the locality “Men.” (= Sulawesi, Manado); Donisthorpe, 1932c says “Smith, 1861b probably gave Tondano in error” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Polyrhachis valerus Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Polyrhachis fervens Smith, 1860
Original combination