Protonym: Dorymyrmex flavus
Authorship McCook, 1880: 186
Forms w.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Texas)
Primary type information Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1995a: 6). Primary type locality: neotype U.S.A.: Texas, Ward County, 21 mi. W Monahans, 6.vi.1979 (O.F. Francke, J.V. Moody & F.W. Merickel). Primary type depository: USNM.
Type notes 1) Snelling also nominated as “neoparatypes” 91 workers, 8 queens, 3 males; this category is not recognised by ICZN. 2) An earlier lectotype designation by Johnson, 1989b: 188, was made redundant by Snelling, 1995a: 6. 3) Original syntype data: workers, queens, males (numbers not stated), U.S.A.: “Southern States” (no further data).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Dorymyrmex flavus Species Valid Original combination
Dorymyrmex pyramicus flavus Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Dorymyrmex flavus McCook, 1880