Protonym: Melophorus (Melophorus) brunea
Authorship McAreavey, 1949: 20, figs. 57-65
Forms s.w.q.m.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (New South Wales)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype minor worker. Primary type locality: New South Wales, Nyngan (J.W.T. Armstrong). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paratype major, media and minor workers, paratype queens, paratype male(s) (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: ANIC.
Type notes 1) Heterick et al., 2017: 235, cite 3 major, 1 media, 2 minor workers, and 2 queen paratypes. 2) Heterick et al., 2019: 161, correct the original type specimen information.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Melophorus bruneus Species Valid Original combination