Protonym: Solenopsis cephalotes
| Authorship | Smith, 1859a: 149 |
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| Forms | s.w. |
| Bioregion | Indomalaya |
| Locality | INDONESIA (Aru Is) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. |
| Type notes | 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 456, cites 1 major worker, 1 minor worker in OXUM but points out that these cannot be type material as their locality is “Men.” (= Menado, Sulawesi), whereas Smith, 1859a cited Aru as type locality. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 3 worker syntypes (on a single card) in OXUM, with the correct locality. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Solenopsis cephalotes | Species |
Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
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Original combination |