Protonym: Anoplolepis longitarsis
Authorship Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 362
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Suq al-Ahad, 26.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type localities: Yemen: Bajil-Zabid, 15.iii.1993 (A. van Harten & C.A. Collingwood), Yemen: Bajil-Khamis Bani Sad, 16.iii.1993 (A. van Harten & C.A. Collingwood). Secondary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC).
Type notes 1) Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 301, say “All type material is housed in NHMB and duplicates placed in appropriate institutes and museums of the contributing countries”; this apparently was never done. 2) Some van Harten material is in TAUI.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Anoplolepis longitarsis Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tapinolepis longitarsis (Collingwood & Agosti, 1996)
Original combination
Tapinolepis longitarsis Species Valid