Protonym: Leptothorax spininodis
Authorship Mayr, 1887: 617
Forms w.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro) or CHILE (Valparaiso)
Primary type information Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1959d: 428). Type-locality: indeterminate: either Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (G.R. v. Frauenfeldt), or Chile: Valparaiso (G.R. v. Frauenfeldt). Type-depository: NHMW.
Secondary type information Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype male. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: NHMW.
Type notes Mayr says the specimen originated in “Rio de Janeiro oder Valparaiso”, Novara Reise. As there are no later records from Chile, Brazil is the more likely type-locality.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptothorax spininodis Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Nesomyrmex spininodis (Mayr, 1887)
Original combination
Nesomyrmex spininodis Species Valid