Protonym: Ischnomyrmex gonacantha
Authorship Emery, 1899e: 277, fig.
Forms w.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Etymology From angled (gon) and spine (acantha). We assume that the compound word acts as a noun in apposition and not an adjective since first use was in the masculine genus Ischnomyrmex and not subject to gender change if the genus changes.
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Madagscar: nr Antongil Bay, 1897-98 (A. Mocquerys). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0102038, CASENT0102039.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aphaenogaster gonacantha Species Valid
Ischnomyrmex gonacantha Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Aphaenogaster gonacantha (Emery, 1899)
Original combination