Protonym: Rhoptromyrmex opacus var. laeviceps
Authorship Santschi, 1916b: 504
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Primary type information Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 1 worker Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Congo Belge”): Boma (J. Bondroit) (probably correctly ex coll. Bondroit), 1 worker Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Bas Congo”): (no further data) “in stomach of a pangolin” (no collector’s name; possibly Solon). Primary type depositories: ISNB or MRHN (stated only as “Musée de Bruxelles”), NHMB.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Rhoptromyrmex opacus laeviceps Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetramorium opacum laeviceps (Santschi, 1916)
Original combination
Tetramorium opacum laeviceps Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetramorium opacum (Emery, 1909)