Protonym: Formica flavitarsus
Authorship Smith, 1859a: 136
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDONESIA (Aru Is)
Primary type information Type-material: 2 syntype workers. Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru 14”, “Aru 45” (A.R. Wallace). Type-depository: OXUM.
Type notes 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 425, cites only 1 worker, but the two syntypes appear to have come from a single original card that was later cut in half. 2) Lucky & Ward, 2010: 33, incorrectly attribute collector as F. Smith.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica flavitarsus Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Leptomyrmex flavitarsus (Smith, 1859)
Original combination
Leptomyrmex flavitarsus Species Valid