Protonym: Rhopalothrix balzani
Authorship Emery, 1894d: 217, pl. 1, fig. 10
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BOLIVIA
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194). Primary type locality: lectotype Bolivia: canton Coroico, 1891 (L. Balzan) (by restriction of Brown & Kempf, 1960: 196). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated), 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type localities: Bolivia: canton Chilumani-Yungas, 1891 (L. Balzan), and Bolivia: Salinas sul Beni (no collector’s name, probably also L. Balzan). Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes Longino, 2013b: 20, nominates what appears to be a second lectotype, also from Coroico.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Octostruma balzani Species Valid
Rhopalothrix balzani Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
Original combination