Protonym: Meranoplus subpilosus
Authorship Smith, 1860c: 78, pl. 4, fig. 2
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Amazonas)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Amazonas, Ega (=Tefé) (H.W. Bates). Primary type depositories: BMNH, ZSBS.
Type notes In Smith’s original description the type-locality is given as São Paulo. However, Kempf, 1951: 61, says that the syntypes are labelled “Ega, Amazon R., Brazil”, now Tefé, Amazonas state.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Meranoplus subpilosus Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Procryptocerus subpilosus (Smith, 1860)
Original combination
Procryptocerus subpilosus Species Valid