Protonym: Monomorium faurei
Authorship Santschi, 1915c: 260, fig. 10
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality GABON
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2006: 116). Primary type locality: lectotype Gabon: Samkita, 1914 (F. Faure). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0010878 (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 4 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MSNG, NHMB. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0010879, CASENT0904589.
Type notes 1) Specimens from Guinea (“Guinée française”): Mamou (F. Silvestri), reported as 1 worker plus two detached heads by Heterick, 2006: 116, were excluded from type-material by Santschi. 2) Other original syntypes are present in MRAC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Monomorium faurei Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
Original combination