Protonym: Monomorium (Monomorium) estherae
Authorship Weber, 1943d: 361, pl. 15, fig. 18
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH SUDAN
Primary type information Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2006: 128). Type-locality: lectotype South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Imatong Mts, W slopes, ca 5050 ft, 4.viii.1939, no. 1423 (N.A. Weber). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype.
Type notes Heterick, 2006: 128, writes 24.vii.-5.viii.1943, no. 1423, for the type-material, but Weber’s introduction (p.264) indicates that collecting took place in 1939, with the date 4.viii., no.1423 on p. 362, where 3 syntypes are mentioned.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Monomorium estherae Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium madecassum Forel, 1892
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