Protonym: Solenopsis castor
Authorship Forel, 1893j: 391
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (St Vincent)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 133). Primary type locality: lectotype: St Vincent (no further data). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 4 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 do not specify the original syntype series from which the lectotype + paralectotypes were selected. The original syntype series include: St Vincent & the Grenadines: St Vincent I., 10a, nr Palmyra Estate (leeward), 3.xi. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 10b, Morne à Garou, 1500 ft, 29.x. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 10c, Bowwood Estate, nr Kingstown, 16.x. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 10f, Cumberland Valley, Hermitage Estate, 1000 ft, 2.xii. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 10g, Fitz-Hugh Valley (leeward), 500 ft, 4.xi. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 10h, Richmond Valley, 1700 ft, 30.xii. (H.H. Smith).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Solenopsis castor Species Valid Original combination