Protonym: Lobopelta angusta
Authorship Forel, 1892l: 519
Forms w.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Madagascar: Imerina, Andrangoloaka Forest (Sikora). Type-depository: MHNG. Type-specimen: CASENT0101834 (lectotype designated by Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 400).
Type notes Lectotype designation by Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 40 is uncessesary; at the end of the original description Forel expressly states “one worker” (automatically the holotype). Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 also nominate 2 paralectotype workers from Moramanga; they are not from the original type-series and have no type status.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptogenys angusta Species Valid
Lobopelta angusta Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Leptogenys angusta (Forel, 1892)
Original combination