Protonym: Formica detecta
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 36
Forms q.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (New South Wales)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype (?) queen. Primary type locality: Australia: Hunter River (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes No indication of number of specimens is given.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica detecta Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Iridomyrmex detectus (Smith, 1858)
Original combination
Iridomyrmex detectus Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)