Protonym: Formica custodiens
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 33
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903233.
Type notes “Attached by its mandibles to to the leg of a species of Pausus.”
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Anoplolepis custodiens Species Valid
Formica custodiens Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Anoplolepis custodiens (Smith, 1858)
Original combination
Plagiolepis custodiens Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Anoplolepis custodiens (Smith, 1858)