Protonym: Cerapachys ceylonica
Authorship Motschoulsky, 1863: 22
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Mts of Nura-Ellia (= Nuwara Eliya) (V. Motschoulsky). Primary type depository: ZMUM.
Type notes Ward, 2001: 602, cites 2 worker syntypes.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cerapachys ceylonica Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera ceylonica (Motschoulsky, 1863)
Original combination
Tetraponera ceylonica Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)