Protonym: Tapinoma melanocephalum var. malesiana
Authorship Forel, 1913l: 93
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDONESIA (Sumatra)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Guerrero, 2018: 500). Primary type locality: lectotype Indonesia: Sumatra, Soengei Bamban, 9.iv.-14.vi.1912 (H. von Buttel-Reepen). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0909776.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 46 paralectotype workers, 6 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 86, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 148, cites 45 worker, 6 queen syntypes in MHNG.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Tapinoma melanocephalum malesianum Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
Original combination