Protonym: Formica subpicea
Authorship Motschoulsky, 1863: 12
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Mts of Nura-Ellia (= Nuwara Eliya) (V. Motschoulsky?). Primary type depository: unknown.
Type notes 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1936: 183, Motschoulsky material is scattered through DEIB, MNHU, ZISP, ZMUM, and a museum in Riga, Latvia.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica subpicea Species Unidentifiable Original combination