Protonym: Myrmica mellea
Authorship Smith, 1859a: 148
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDONESIA (Aru Is)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901431.
Type notes Donisthorpe, 1932c: 455, cites 1 worker in OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myrmica mellea Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Solenopsis mellea (Smith, 1859)
Original combination
Solenopsis mellea Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)