Protonym: Sericomyrmex wheeleri
Authorship Weber, 1937: 396, fig. 8
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality GUYANA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “several queens and many workers”). Primary type locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): Mazaruni River, several miles from Forest Settlement, 29.viii.1935 (N.A. Weber). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP, USNM (perhaps also AMNH).
Type notes Weber, 1958b: 54, cites 6 worker syntypes in USNM.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Mycetomoellerius wheeleri Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Mycetomoellerius opulentus (Mann, 1922)
Sericomyrmex wheeleri Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Mycetomoellerius wheeleri (Weber, 1937)
Original combination
Trachymyrmex wheeleri Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Mycetomoellerius wheeleri (Weber, 1937)