AntCat
Protonym: Melophorus hirsutipes
Authorship Heterick et al., 2017: 253, fig. 58
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype minor worker. Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales, Penrose Park, Broken Hill, 10.iv.1960 (R.H. Mew). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 7 paratype major workers, 4 paratype minor workers. Secondary type localities: 4 paratype major, 1 paratype minor workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype major, 1 paratype minor workers South Australia, Lake Eyre South, Muloorina HS, 10.x.2005, ANIC ants vial 75-34 (S.O. Shattuck), 1 paratype minor worker Queensland, Craven Peak Station, billabong W Salty Bore, 11-14.iv.2007 (C. Lemand), 1 paratype major, 1 paratype minor worker South Australia, Cambrai, 29.ii.1972 (P.J.M. Greenslade). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, QMBA, SAMA.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Melophorus hirsutipes Species Valid Original combination