Protonym: Pyramica hoplites
Authorship Bolton, 2000: 347, figs. 225, 245
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: 43 km. S Ambalavao, Res. Andringitra, 22°14’S, 47°00’E, 825 m., 9.x.1993, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), rainforest, #760(1)-8 (B.L. Fisher). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0005993.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but #760(4)-5, 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but #760(2)-6, 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 10.x.1993, #767-1, ex rotten log, rainforest, 2 paratype workers 13 km. NW Enakara, Res. Andohahela, 24°33’S, 46°48’E, 1250 m., 30.xi.1992, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) montane rainforest, #561(40)-3 (B.L. Fisher), 1 paratype queen with same data as last but #561(26)-3, 1 paratype queen 45 km. S Ambalavao, 22°13’S, 47°01’E, 758 m., 25.ix.1993, #696(34)-5 (B.L. Fisher). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, UCDC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pyramica hoplites Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Strumigenys hoplites (Bolton, 2000)
 Original combination
Strumigenys hoplites Species Homonym
homonym replaced by Strumigenys exiguaevitae Baroni Urbani, 2007