Protonym: Formica diligens
Authorship Smith, 1857a: 55
Forms q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality WEST MALAYSIA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Malacca, “MALCA” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM.
Type notes 1) Smith, 1858a: 22, says the specimen is in “Coll. W.W. Saunders, Esq.” (= OXUM). 2) The holotype is badly damaged and mounted on a very corroded pin; wings and gaster are missing (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus festinus diligens Subspecies Valid
Formica diligens Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus festinus diligens (Smith, 1857)
Original combination